
Ghana is officially the first country to approve @UniofOxford's #malaria vaccine. The shot, known as the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, achieved 77% efficacy over 12 months of follow-up in a phase 2b trial. fiercepharma.com/pharma/ghana-a…
Yousuf Al-Abduladheem
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Ghana is officially the first country to approve @UniofOxford's #malaria vaccine. The shot, known as the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, achieved 77% efficacy over 12 months of follow-up in a phase 2b trial. fiercepharma.com/pharma/ghana-a…

Fifty-six years following its discovery, #marburg virus (MARV)—a cousin to #Ebolavirus in the Filoviridae family—remains a feared pathogen with high fatality and no licensed treatments or vaccines. Recent outbreaks of the disease…lnkd.in/gUCdGYja lnkd.in/gRqM22RE

Worst in USA: In 2021, 102 newborns in Mississippi were treated for the sexually transmitted disease, up from 10 in 2016 -- a more than 900% jump over 5 yrs. Increases death risks for babies in the state with the nation’s worst infant mortality rate. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…

S. aureus bloodstream infections remain an important cause of morbidity in hemodialysis patients, with rates 100 times higher in hemodialysis patients than among adults not on hemodialysis during 2017–2020 #IDTwitter 51% MSSA 38% MRSA CVCs ⛔️ #IDTwitter cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

"For every percentage increase in prevalence of poverty in each state, the antibiotic prescribing rate increased by 17.4 courses per 1,000 population": #AntimicrobialStewardship efforts should consider #SDOH

As wells synthesized in this informative article, '#shorterisbetter mantra begins to change antibiotic prescribing'. Inappropriate #antimicrobial use is a social plague. Time to have a new approach. #IDTwitter @BradSpellberg healio.com/news/infectiou…

Clostridioides Difficile Infection (NICE) nice.org.uk/guidance/ng199… #MedEd #MedTwitter #IDTwitter #USMLE #infection #ICU #internalmedicine #primarycare #CriticalCare #hospitalist #MedStudentTwitter #MedStudents #TwitteRx #PharmaTwitter #Bioinformatics #healthcare #ClinicalPearl