Infectious Disease

Children and adolescents who are infected with COVID-19 more than one time are at an increased risk of heart inflammation, blood clots, and other serious complications.

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CRE) surge in the U.S., with New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) becoming a major public health threat.

Sabin Nsanzimana, M.D., Ph.D., the country’s top health official, credits supportive care and access to investigational treatments, including remdesivir, with keeping the case fatality rate low in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A new study has found that caffeine and other substances can influence gene regulation in Escherichia coli bacteria, making them more resistant to antibiotics.

The risk varies with the antibiotic, though. Piperacillin and clavulanate boosted the risk. The third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins did not.