Strep Death; 12/12/1994
kids off bus, into school
News Clip: Strep Out
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
General de Gaulle in Quebec
Sequence on President Charles de Gaulle of France, crowd in Berri-Demontigny metro station, including Commissioner General Dupuy, mayor Jean Drapeau and Montreal Transport Commission Chairman Lucien L'Allier. TRAVELLING SHOT of Place des Arts station from train arriving. Shots of de Gaulle and party in Place des Arts station, in Place des Arts. MCS of sign "Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Place des Arts". HAMLS of workmen on stage, de Gaulle and party in stalls. HAS of crowd at Montreal University, interior shot of crowd clapping. Shot of de Gaulle accompanied by cardinal Paul-Emile Leger and rector of the university walking onto stage. Shots of de Gaulle speaking. CSs of mayor Drapeau, Cardinal Leger listening. Sequence on de Gaulle leaving university, acknowledging cheers of crowd, getting into car. Shot of Compagnie Franche de la Marine marching onto square at Mount-Royal chalet. Shot of de Gaulle arriving, shaking hands with some in crowd. PAN from de Gaulle and party to city from lookout. Shots of Marines firing salute, of de Gaulle and others applauding, enjoying refreshments. CS of de Gaulle leaving past camera. HAS of premier Daniel Johnson and wife arriving at city hall. Shots of crowd cheering, of de Gaulle arriving. Shots of crowd, of individual persons. Shot of de Gaulle, Johnson and Drapeau coming down streps. ESTABLISHING SHOT of Dorval Airport. Shot of de Gaulle arriving, boarding plane after farewells. FOLLOW SHOT of plane taking off.
ROMER STREP THROAT
00:00:00:15 suppose you go to a doctor for a strep throat, and he or she prescribes an antibiotic. some time after you get the prescription and maybe even after you've taken the first pill, your fever ...
Sore throat, conceptual animation
Conceptual animation of a man with a sore throat.
19 20 Edition Midi Pyrénées: [issue of 16 January 2023]
BABIES AND GROUP B STREP
Ottawa on the River
TRAVELLING SHOT from front of cowcatcher of train as it speeds along Canadian National Railway (CNR) tracks leading from Ottawa west towards Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) freight sheds. Shot past old Ottawa West Station, through freightyard towards centre of city, snow on ground. LS of Interprovincial Bridge spanning Ottawa River between Hull-Ottawa. MS of traffic crossing bridge. Side and rear view of Canadian National Railway (CNR) passenger train crossing bridge towards Ottawa on cold winter morning. Shots of several foreign embassy buildings in Ottawa, of people entering Confederation Building, leaving building and pedestrians walking across lawn of Parliament. Shot of photograph of George V and Queen Mary in rotunds of Parliament. Shot of traffic along driveway near Rideau Canal. Shot of Supreme Court Building. Interior shot of House of Commons, no one visible. Shots of children photographed in slum dwellings in Ottawa's lowertown area. Shots of tugboat moving up Rideau Canal. Shots of vendors at Byward Market in Ottawa selling poultry, vegetables, fruits and meats, of shoppers and saturday morning market traffic. CSs of strawberries and shots of shoppers at the market. Shots of pile of logs being watered at EB Eddy Mill in Hull, of logs swirling in turbulent rapids, logs being pulled by tugboat, lumberjacks using pike poles to sort logs in millpond. Shots of rapids. LS of lumberjacks sorting logs. Shot of Gatineau River winding through snow-covered wooded terrain. CS of water running in brook in spring. Sequence showing maple sugar camp, man strepping on snowshoe, collecting sap with dog and sled. Shot of horse-drawn sled, gathering sap. Shot of ox-drawn sled, gathering sap.
STREPTOCOCCUS OUTBREAK
A RECENT OUTBREAK OF THE DEADLY GROUP A FLESH-EATING STREPTOCOCCUS BACTERIA OCCURRED IN THE SHANANDOAH VALLEY OF THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS HAS CAUSED THE DEATHS OF FIVE PEOPLE. SCRIPT: SOT ONE WOMAN FROM VA KNOWS THE FEAR FIRST HAND, 47 YR.OLD PHYLLIS PARKER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE GROUP A STREP INFECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER ON NEW YEARS DAY. SOT DOCTORS HAD TROUBLE MAINTAINING PARKER'S VITAL SIGNS AND SHE WAS HALLUCINATING. THEY QUICKLY DISCOVERED SHE HAD THE STREP INFECTION AND BEGAN TREATMENT WITH PENICILLIN. SOT THE PENICILLIN DEFEATED THE STREP INFECTION BUT IN HER WEAKENED CONDITION, PARKER SUFFERED A PARTIALLY COLLAPSED LUNG, A BLOOD CLOT, AND PALSY. 22 DAYS AFTER ENTERING THE HOSPITAL, SHE SAYS SHE'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. SOT TAG OFFICIALS FROM THE CDC HAVE INTERVIEWED PARKER EXTENSIVELY IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT HOW SHE AND OTHER VICTIMS GOT THE INFECTION.
Streptococcus infection A in children, how to detect it?
FILE: STREP INFECTIONS SURGED THIS WINTER
<p>#NEWS: Strep infections in the US surged this winter, up nearly 30% from pre-pandemic peak</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>(From CNN Health’s Deidre McPhillips)</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>After two years of significantly low levels, strep infections in the US have surged again this season, according to a new analysis. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In February, the share of health care visits for strep throat or a related diagnosis was nearly 30% higher than during the peak in 2017. And preliminary data for early March shows a continued upward trend, according to the Epic Health Research Network. The findings are based on electronic health records from thousands of clinics and hospitals, representing more than 100 million people across the country.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Group A Streptococcus bacteria can cause many types of infections. Some, like strep throat and scarlet fever, can be relatively mild and are usually treated with antibiotics. But in December, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was investigating an apparent increase in invasive group A strep infections, which can cause more rare and serious infections. The US also has an ongoing shortage of liquid amoxicillin, the antibiotic most often used to treat group A strep infections. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Anyone can get strep throat, but it is most common among children ages 5 to 15, according to the CDC. The season typically runs from December through April, with a peak in February. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>According to the new analysis, diagnosis is typically most common among children ages 4 to 8. For this group, the share of health care visits for strep usually stays below 5% when the season peaks in February -- but this year, that spiked to more than 8%.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>All age groups followed similar trends, and there were increases across all races, geographic regions and socioeconomic status. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Prevention measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic probably helped keep strep levels consistently low for the past two years. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“It is too early to definitively characterize this season since we are still in the middle of it,” the CDC told CNN. And although invasive group A strep activity has increased, “infections remain rare, especially in children.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>(Health is filing for digital)</p>\n<p>(Analysis attached here)</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>###</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SOT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--MUSIC INFO---</b></p>\n<p></p>
News Clip: Strep Warning
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Sore throat, conceptual animation
Conceptual animation of a man with a sore throat.
BABIES AND GROUP B STREP
Deadly Strep; 5/25/1994
Man shows effects of flesh eating bacteria
19 20 Edition Midi Pyrénées: [issue of 23 December 2022]
BABIES AND GROUP B STREP
News Clip: Strep pregnancy
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Deadly Strep; 5/25/1994
Lab tests for flesh eating bacteria NICE, flesh eating effect seen
Sore throat, conceptual animation
Conceptual animation of a man with a sore throat.
FILE-ANTIBIOTICS 'STILL' IN SHORTAGE AS STREP CASES RISE
<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>File </p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Common antibiotics are still in shortage as strep cases rise</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>(From CNN Health’s Amanda Musa)</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Many parents across the US are stretched thin to take care of sick children: Not only are Covid-19, the flu and RSV circulating, but doctors say cases of strep throat are on the rise.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Data shows a steady increase in strep throat cases in the US starting in August, largely in children between the ages of 4 and 12 – but an ongoing shortage of certain forms of amoxicillin, an antibiotic commonly used to treat the bacterial infection, is complicating matters.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Amoxicillin powder, which is mixed to make the liquid formulation of the antibiotic that’s commonly used for children, has been in shortage since October 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration’s drug shortage database shows.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The FDA says it recognizes the effects of the shortage but emphasizes that it can’t force drug companies to make more.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“For amoxicillin powder for oral suspension which went into shortage due to increased demand last fall, the four manufacturers continue to produce, release, and work to fully recover from the shortage. We will continue to keep the website updated with planned recovery dates as the companies provide them and offer assistance on anything the companies need to increase supply,” the agency said in a statement Tuesday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Not all of the manufacturers of amoxicillin powder have provided reasons for the shortfalls. Most are still producing the antibiotic but have it on allocation, which means their customers can order only a limited amount.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Amoxicillin was the most prescribed antibiotic in the country in 2021, with 129 prescriptions filled per 1,000 people, CDC data shows. Antibiotics like amoxicillin are 42% more likely to be in shortage than other types of drugs, according to a 2022 report from US Pharmacopeia.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Capsule and tablet forms of amoxicillin are not on the shortage list, but experts say they are not a suitable option for young children who often can’t swallow pills – especially when they have a sore throat.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Alternative antibiotics may not be suitable treatments for other reasons.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“All group A Strep are susceptible to amoxicillin. The same is not true of erythromycin and azithromycin, which are sometimes used as alternatives to amoxicillin. Some group A Strep bacteria are resistant to these antibiotics,” according to Dr. Kristina Bryant, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Children usually don’t have any trouble taking it, and it has few side effects. Kids tolerate it well,” she said of amoxicillin, adding that the alternatives do not taste as good as the bubble-gum-flavored liquid version.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Strep on the rise</p>\n<p>Anyone can get strep throat, but it is most common among children ages 5 to 15, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The infectious season typically runs from December through April, with a peak in February.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>According to data from Epic Research, which is owned by the health care software company Epic, strep diagnosis is most common among children 4 to 8. In this group, the share of health care visits for strep usually stays below 5% when the season peaks in February – but this year, it spiked to more than 8% in early March.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Percentages hit a low in early August and have started to slowly increase once again as children returned to school. For the week of October 21, just over 4% of 4- to 8-year-olds in the US had a health care visit for a strep infection, Epic data shows.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer Stevenson, director of the emergency department at Henry Ford Medical Center - Fairlane in Dearborn, Michigan, says she has seen a significant amount of strep this year, even during the summer.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We have most certainly been seeing an increased incidence of strep infections,” she noted. “Strep has actually been our second most common diagnosis in the emergency department since March, which is unusual.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In April, an analysis by Epic Research showed that overall strep throat encounters increased to a rate that was nearly 30% higher than in the previous peak, in February 2017, after a significant drop during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The precautions many people took to protect themselves from Covid-19, like wearing masks and social distancing, also protected them from strep throat.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I do expect that we’re going to be seeing more and more strep. And I think as you continue to look at these numbers, I think you’re going to see that they’re higher than they were last year,” Stevenson said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>It is difficult to predict pediatric strep trends over the coming months because the CDC does not track those cases like it does for Covid-19 and the flu, according to Bryant.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Strep throat is a routine infection, and we know that cases are going to go up every year,” she said. “It’s such a common infection. There hasn’t been a need to track strep throat.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Symptoms to watch for</p>\n<p>Strep throat is an infection in the throat and tonsils caused by bacteria called group A Streptococcus. It often comes with a fever, sore throat, pain when swallowing and red and swollen tonsils, according to the CDC. Less commonly, some people might have a headache, stomach pain or vomiting.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The bacteria typically stays in the throat and is spread through respiratory droplets and direct contact like drinking from the same cup that an infected person has used.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>To confirm a group A Strep infection, health care providers usually do a throat culture or use a rapid antigen detection test, according to the CDC. Rapid test results take about 15 minutes, but results from a throat culture could take two or three days.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Once someone tests positive for strep throat, doctors prescribe antibiotics such as amoxicillin. A person typically stops being contagious after taking antibiotics for about 24 hours, but it’s important to keep taking prescribed medications even after you start to feel better.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Some children will get multiple strep infections in a year, according to Bryant, and it may appear that they are no longer responding to the medication.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I saw several kids like that in the spring. They had multiple episodes back-to-back.” However, she noted, “we are not seeing more strep because the bacteria has suddenly become resistant to antibiotics.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>If your child’s strep throat doesn’t get better with antibiotics, Bryant says, it may be that other bacteria in the throat are making the antibiotics less effective. Your child may also be a strep carrier, according to the CDC. In that case, talk to a doctor about further treatment.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>There is no vaccine to prevent infection, according to the CDC. Parents should encourage their children to wash their hands regularly at school and cover their mouths when coughing.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>If your child is prescribed amoxicillin but you can’t find it at your local pharmacy, Stevenson says to ask your doctor for an alternative medication rather than letting the infection go untreated.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“If the strep infection goes untreated, that individual can potentially be contagious with strep for weeks,” she said. “The other complication of not fully treating these infections is, it provides those little bacteria the opportunity to develop resistance to the antibiotics that they’ve been exposed to.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>(Health is filing for digital)</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>
DEADLY STREP BACTERIA
A RARE, STREP VIRUS IS ON THE RISE IN AT LEAST SIX STATES AND HAS BEEN BLAMED FOR 11 DENVER AREA DEATHS. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE WORKING QUICKLY TO FIND OUT WHO ELSE IS AT RISK. ANOTHER 29 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN DENVER IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THE FATALITY RATE IS ABOUT 25 PERCENT. INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDER WAY IN PARTS OF COLORADO, ALABAMA, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, MARYLAND AND OHIO WHERE SEVERE STREP CLUSTERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE OUTBREAK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH “COMMON” STREP THROAT AND IS RELATED ONLY BY THE TYPE OF BACTERIA...
8:00 pm: [December 09, 2022 broadcast]