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Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Aug 30, 2019

University of Minnesota CIDRAP

Aug 29 Lancet Infect Dis study Data show vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium rising in Germany Data from the German Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System show a 43% increase in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) in German hospitals, according to a new study in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

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Vendor Security is Key to Preventing Future Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

The number of data breaches in the first nine months of 2020 dropped 30% compared to 2019, according to a report published by the Identity Theft Resource Center. Over 292 million people were impacted, which is 60% lower than in 2019.

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From Surveillance to Syringe: The Making of a Flu Vaccine

APHL

APHL, along with CDC, launched the Influenza Virologic Surveillance Right Size Roadmap to help determine how many samples each state should contribute to the national surveillance system. It also points to the quality and number of samples the US system contributes when it comes to developing candidate vaccine viruses.

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Preventing Foodborne Illness

Gideon

Food quality control expert inspecting groceries in the laboratory Since 2019, World Food Safety Day is celebrated each year on the 7 th of June, to promote awareness regarding the need to develop and maintain food safety standards. 2019 Oct;147:e291. Local Food Systems Food Safety Concerns. Epidemiol Infect. Microbiol Spectr.

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Covid-19, influenza, and RSV increasing around the holidays in New York

HEALTHBEAT

In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons, flu hospitalizations peaked in March and February, respectively.) SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in New York state (yellow line) are minimal while national concentrations (black) are low and increasing, according to data from the CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System.

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AI And Data: A Pain Or Gain? Here’s What The Future Looks Like

Smart Data Collective

© Statista 2019 Also, here is a list of some other stats. By leveraging the power of this futuristic technology, they can manipulate the surveillance systems. Hacking a system is never an easy task. Or it is a pure blessing using which we can overcome the data security issues? That is what I’m going to cover here.

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

Further, the way we fund public health is all too often siloed by program or disease, so that little funding goes to support the underlying infrastructure, such as epidemiology and surveillance systems; workforce; and health and risk communication. Funding must be flexible as health threats continually change. per 10,000 people to 4.1