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Australian researchers developed a model that predicted hospitalizations, which could give facilities 1 to 4 weeks to prepare for influxes.

Hospitalizations rose last week for the first time since January, with a few counties in three states now at moderate levels.

The hospital in the study also mandates yearly flu vaccination, with 95.5% coverage.

Data from hospitals in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina show substantial increases in intravenous antibiotic use at the beginning of the pandemic.

The researchers observed a dose-response relationship between the number of antibiotic prescriptions and risk of severe outcomes.

COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped 6% and deaths declined by 9%, but emergency department visits were up 2% and test positivity rose 0.4%.

The US was an outlier, because though its preparedness score was high, it had gaps in its ability to launch an organized response and keep…

Previous studies have suggested boarding has been an increasing trend for psychiatric youth patients in the US since 2001.

The tool has a diagnostic sensitivity of 97.8% and a diagnostic specificity of 98.9%, the authors say.

Of 19 countries that regularly report hospitalizations, 2 reported rises of 20% or more: Bangladesh and Malta.