Surveillance

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

CH.1.1 now accounts for about a quarter of cases in the U.K.

It's high cost for low yield, a large academic medical center shows

This past week in healthcare investigations

Real-world data showed associations with both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

Agency has some state and cohort data, but consistency remains out of reach

Arbitrator rules in favor of nurse fired early in the pandemic

And those who had COVID antibodies had either mild or no symptoms, researchers note

Agency doesn't report real-time breakthrough data, but states provide some answers

CDC acknowledges AY.4.2 is stateside after quick spread in the U.K.

Weekly meetings to discuss cases can help get patients out of the ED and into community care

Antibiotic-resistant infections in Medicare-age patients cost health system $2 billion in 2017

CMS needs to strengthen, not erode, reporting standards and other safety measures

"Unsatisfactory" for screening asymptomatic people, say German lab professionals