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Rate Of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Among Patients With COVID-19 Increased During Surges, Analysis Finds

Healio (9/13, Stulpin) reports “the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections [CLABSI] among patients with COVID-19 significantly increased during COVID-19 patient surges, according to” a “retrospective cohort analysis.” For the analysis publ...

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HHS Secretary Urges Infectious Disease Experts To Continue Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Healio (9/12, Stulpin) reports that during the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress 2022, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra “addressed infectious disease experts and allies and told them not to ‘waste the moment’ at hand.” Becerra “explained that, to date,...

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Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots Restore Antibody Levels, Provide Strong Protection Against Severe Illness, Study Finds

HealthDay (9/12, Thompson) reports, “Updated COVID-19 booster shots that target Omicron variants are rolling out across the United States, and a...study argues they’re coming at just the right time.” HealthDay adds, “Protective antibody levels tend to dec...

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Tecovirimat Well Tolerated Among Patients With Monkeypox, But Effectiveness Remains Unclear, Researchers Say

MedPage Today (9/12, Hein) reports, “Tecovirimat (Tpoxx) was well tolerated among patients with monkeypox virus infection, though its efficacy in monkeypox is currently unclear, CDC researchers said.” The findings of the research that included “patients t...

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Monkeypox Vaccines, Treatments Largely Unavailable Outside The US, Europe

The New York Times (9/12, Nolen) reports, “The scramble for monkeypox vaccines and treatments has been centered in the United States and Europe, where supplies of shots have stretched thin or nearly run out.” However, “more than 100 countries are now repo...

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Health Officials Warn Of Uptick In Activity Of Enterovirus EV-D68 In Children

STAT (9/12, Joseph, Branswell) reports “pediatricians and top health officials are warning about an uptick in activity of” the enterovirus EV-D68 “that in rare cases can cause a polio-like syndrome in young children.” Though the virus typically causes col...

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Syria Reports At Least Five Deaths, More Than Two Dozen Cases Of Cholera

The AP (9/12, Seitz) reports hospitals in Damascus, Syria “have been put on alert after more than two dozen cases of cholera and at least five deaths were reported in the war-torn country, health officials said Monday.” The spread is reported to be cause...

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Prevalence Of Clostridioides Difficile Infection In US Declined During COVID-19 Pandemic But Patients Saw High Treatment Costs, Increased Mortality, Study Finds

Healio (9/12, Feller) reports, “Although the prevalence of Clostridioides difficile infection in the U.S. continued its long-term downward trend during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients who were infected saw high treatment costs and increased mortality, a s...

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Efforts To Combat AIDS, TB, Malaria Began To Recover Last Year After Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Report Says

Reuters (9/12, Rigby) reports, “Efforts to tackle AIDS, tuberculosis [TB] and malaria began to recover last year after being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the world is still not on track to defeat these killer diseases, according to a rep...

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NIH Begins Enrollment For Late-Stage Study Of Siga Technologies’ Antiviral Against Monkeypox

Reuters (9/9, Mahobe) reported the NIH “said on Friday it had started enrolling [patients with monkeypox] in a late-stage study testing Siga Technologies Inc’s antiviral pill Tpoxx [tecovirimat] against the disease.” The agency “aims to enroll more than 5...

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Scientists Researching Cellular Senescence To Improve Health In Late Life

The Washington Post (9/9) reported scientists are working to improve health in late life “-- and tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges – through a little-known but flourishing field of aging research called cellular senescence.” This field is “built...

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New York Governor Declares Disaster Emergency After More Polio Virus Detected In Wastewater

Reuters (9/9, Clifford, Ayyub) reported, “New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a disaster emergency on Friday in a bid to accelerate efforts to vaccinate residents against polio after the virus was detected in wastewater samples taken in four counties....

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Reports Of Adverse Ocular Events Following COVID-19 Vaccination May Warrant Caution Or Delay Of Boosters In Lower-Risk Groups With Active Ophthalmic Complications, Review Study Suggests

Healio (9/9, Salvaryn) reported, “Although relatively few, reports of adverse ocular events following COVID-19 vaccination may warrant caution or delay of boosters in lower-risk groups with active ophthalmic complications,” researchers posited in the find...

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Older Adults With Dementia At Greater Risk For SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Death, Researchers Say

Healio (9/9, Downey) reported, “Older adults with dementia are at greater risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and death, highlighting the need for close monitoring of these patients, researchers reported” in a “retrospective, population-based study” of patients...

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FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation To Investigational Maternal Vaccine For GBS Prevention In Infants

Infectious Disease Advisor (9/9, Park) reported the FDA “has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to an investigational Group B Streptococcus (GBS) vaccine candidate, GBS6 (hexavalent anti capsular polysaccharide/cross reactive material 197 glycoconju...

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Compared With Adults Who Were Vaccinated And Boosted, Those Unvaccinated Were Over 10 Times More Likely To Be Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Omicron Wave, Study Shows

MedPage Today (9/8, Hein) reports, “Unvaccinated adults were over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 during the Omicron wave compared with those who were vaccinated and boosted, a U.S. population-based cross-sectional study showed.” Also...

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US Orders More Than 100M COVID-19 Tests Ahead Of Potential Fall, Winter Demand

Reuters (9/8, Aboulenein) reports the US “will boost its stockpile of at-home COVID-19 tests, ordering more than 100 million tests from domestic manufacturers, the White House said on Thursday, but warned it was a short-term solution.” The White House sai...

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Immunosuppression, Increased Disease Severity Appear To Be Independent Risk Factors Of 30-Day Mortality In Patients With Acinetobacter Baumannii Complex Bacteremia, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (9/8, Mermelstein) reports, “Immunosuppression and increased disease severity were found to be independent risk factors of 30-day mortality in patients with Acinetobacter baumannii complex bacteremia, according to results of a s...

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Among Persons With Monkeypox, Those With HIV Infection, STIs Disproportionately Represented, Research Finds

HealthDay (9/8) reports, “Among persons with monkeypox, those with HIV infection or sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are disproportionately represented, according to research” in which investigators “matched and analyzed monkeypox, HIV, and STI surv...

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Oxford University Malaria Vaccine R21/Matrix-M Appears Effective In Young Children, Data Show

Reuters (9/8, Grover) reports, “Encouraging new data on a malaria vaccine from Oxford University bodes well for global effort to combat the mosquito-borne disease that kills a child every minute, its makers said on Wednesday.” The “data from a mid-stage s...

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Rate Of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Among Patients With COVID-19 Increased During Surges, Analysis Finds

HHS Secretary Urges Infectious Disease Experts To Continue Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots Restore Antibody Levels, Provide Strong Protection Against Severe Illness, Study Finds

Tecovirimat Well Tolerated Among Patients With Monkeypox, But Effectiveness Remains Unclear, Researchers Say

Monkeypox Vaccines, Treatments Largely Unavailable Outside The US, Europe

Health Officials Warn Of Uptick In Activity Of Enterovirus EV-D68 In Children

Syria Reports At Least Five Deaths, More Than Two Dozen Cases Of Cholera

Prevalence Of Clostridioides Difficile Infection In US Declined During COVID-19 Pandemic But Patients Saw High Treatment Costs, Increased Mortality, Study Finds

Efforts To Combat AIDS, TB, Malaria Began To Recover Last Year After Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Report Says

NIH Begins Enrollment For Late-Stage Study Of Siga Technologies’ Antiviral Against Monkeypox

Scientists Researching Cellular Senescence To Improve Health In Late Life

New York Governor Declares Disaster Emergency After More Polio Virus Detected In Wastewater

Reports Of Adverse Ocular Events Following COVID-19 Vaccination May Warrant Caution Or Delay Of Boosters In Lower-Risk Groups With Active Ophthalmic Complications, Review Study Suggests

Older Adults With Dementia At Greater Risk For SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Death, Researchers Say

FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation To Investigational Maternal Vaccine For GBS Prevention In Infants

Compared With Adults Who Were Vaccinated And Boosted, Those Unvaccinated Were Over 10 Times More Likely To Be Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Omicron Wave, Study Shows

US Orders More Than 100M COVID-19 Tests Ahead Of Potential Fall, Winter Demand

Immunosuppression, Increased Disease Severity Appear To Be Independent Risk Factors Of 30-Day Mortality In Patients With Acinetobacter Baumannii Complex Bacteremia, Study Suggests

Among Persons With Monkeypox, Those With HIV Infection, STIs Disproportionately Represented, Research Finds

Oxford University Malaria Vaccine R21/Matrix-M Appears Effective In Young Children, Data Show