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  Weekly Digest: COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths; Projected health-care resource needs for an effective response to COVID-19 in 73 LMIC; Antimicrobial stewardship in a pandemic. September 21, 2020

   
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  Associations between phone mobility data and COVID-19 cases September 18, 2020

   
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  Weekly Digest: Ethical strategy for fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines proposed by experts; Convalescent plasma ineffective at treating COVID-19, large trial finds; Hotspots of vaccine hesitancy identified in global modelling analysis. September 14, 2020

   
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  Weekly Digest: COVID-19 provides India with an opportunity to invest in public health; 40 million US teachers and parents at risk for severe COVID-19 as schools reopen; Antibiotic use tied to colonization of multidrug-resistant bacteria. August 31, 2020

   
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  Weekly Digest: Testing and isolation strategies to significantly reduce novel coronavirus transmission; Study supports convalescent plasma as early treatment for severe COVID-19; Analysis finds 36% of UTIs in US nursing homes resistant to antibiotics. August 24, 2020

   
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  Weekly Digest: Broad-spectrum antibiotic use common among COVID-19 patients; COVID-19-related disruptions to increase burden of malaria and HIV in Africa; Social media messages influence vaccination patterns in US. August 17, 2020

   
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  Weekly Digest: COVID-19 leads to increased rates of hospital antibiotic prescribing; Safely reopening UK schools will require comprehensive COVID-19 testing & tracing; Vaccine programs provide high financial benefits for LMICs. August 10, 2020

   
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  Weekly Digest: Most early COVID-19 cases linked to travel to Italy, China, and Iran; Novel coronavirus may have been circulating in bats for decades; Study highlights robustness of US vaccine approval system. August 03, 2020

   
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  Assessment of WHO antibiotic consumption and access targets in 76 countries, 2000–15 July 28, 2020

   
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  Weekly Digest: Increasing global consumption of Watch antibiotics reflects stewardship challenges; Hospital masking policy associated with reduced rates of COVID-19 in healthcare workers; Antibiotics recommended for crop production at high rates in Southeast Asia. July 27, 2020