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Biden Administration Expected To Authorize Intradermal Injection Approach To Expand Monkeypox Vaccine Supply

The New York Times (8/8, LaFraniere, Weiland) reports, “The Biden administration has decided to stretch out its limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by allowing a different method of injection that uses one-fifth as much per shot, according to people famil...

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Pfizer, Valneva To Launch Clinical Trial Of Experimental Lyme Disease Vaccine

USA Today (8/8, Weintraub) reports Pfizer and French partner Valneva “are launching a large clinical trial of an experimental vaccine that would be the first to prevent Lyme disease, the companies announced Monday.” VLA15, “if proven safe and effective......

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BioNTech Expects To Begin Deliveries Of Omicron-Adapted Vaccines As Soon As October

Reuters (8/8, Murray) reports, “BioNTech expects to begin deliveries of two Omicron-adapted vaccines as soon as October, which will help spur demand in the fourth quarter, the German biotech firm said on Monday as it reaffirmed its vaccine-revenue forecas...

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Patients With COVID-19 Have Higher Risk For Hospital-Onset Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Compared With Patients With Influenza-Like Illness Before Pandemic, Study Finds

Healio (8/8, Stulpin) reports, “Patients with COVID-19 had a higher risk for hospital-onset antibiotic-resistant infections compared with patients with influenza-like illness before the pandemic, according to a study.” The findings of the “retrospective s...

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Climate Hazards Have Worsened More Than Half Of Human Infectious Diseases, Study Says

The AP (8/8, Borenstein) reports, “Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says.” Investigato...

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Group Of 23 States Tells Federal Court CDC Lacks Authority To Set Transit Mask Rules

Reuters (8/8, Shephardson) reports, “A group of 23 state attorneys general led by Florida told a federal court on Monday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lacks the legal authority to impose a nationwide transportation mask ma...

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US Administers More Than 7,300 Doses Of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

Reuters (8/5, Leo) reported the US “has administered more than 7,300 doses” of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, “which health officials hope will convince more people to opt for vaccinations as it is based on a technology that has been in use for decades.” M...

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Finger Prick Nucleic Acid Testing USB-Interfaced Device May Increase Accessibility To HIV Self-Testing, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/5, Nguyen) reported that “a finger prick nucleic acid testing (NAT) USB-interfaced device can increase accessibility to HIV self-testing, according to” a study. The findings were outlined in Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

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Increase In Incidence Of Endophthalmitis Following Vitrectomy May Be Tied To Increased Mask Wearing During COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/5, Wild) reported, “An increase in the incidence of endophthalmitis following vitrectomy between 2019 and the period between July 2020 and June 2021 suggests an association with increased mask wearing during this period, acco...

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Experts Express Caution Over Proposed Monkeypox Vaccination Strategy To Ease Shortage

The New York Times (8/6, LaFraniere, Weiland) reported a proposed approach to address the shortage of monkeypox vaccine in the US – “injecting one-fifth of the current dose into the skin instead of a full dose into underlying fat – is not actually all tha...

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Patients In US Struggle To Obtain Monkeypox Drug Due To Limited Access

The New York Times (8/6, Mandavilli) reported, “The only drug available to treat monkeypox is so difficult to access that just a fraction of the nearly 7,000 patients in the United States have been given it.” Health officials “designated tecovirimat, also...

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Siga Technologies To Begin First Human Trial Of Its Monkeypox Drug In September

Bloomberg Law (8/5, Muller, Subscription Publication) reported, “Siga Technologies Inc.’s Tpoxx [tecovirimat], a monkeypox treatment stockpiled by the US, will undergo its first rigorous human test in a trial slated to open as soon as September.” The arti...

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Dr. Jha Touts Monkeypox Public Health Emergency Declaration, Says No “Reason For Widespread Alarm”

CBS News (8/5) reported White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha, “who is assisting on the monkeypox virus response, told ‘CBS Mornings’ that declaring a public health emergency will help speed up vaccinations, treatment and the acquisi...

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Dr. Fauci Urges People In US To Monitor Monkeypox Outbreak But Not To Panic

The Washington Post (8/6, Bever) reported that amid the monkeypox outbreak in the US, NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci “said people should be paying attention but not panicking.” Dr. Fauci “told WTOP News that people do not need to change the way they liv...

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Biden Administration Declares Monkeypox Outbreak Public Health Emergency

The Washington Post (8/4, Diamond) reports HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra “declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency on Thursday in an effort to galvanize awareness and unlock additional flexibility and funding to fight the virus’s spread.”...

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Biden Administration Weighing Dose-Sparing Approach To Increase Monkeypox Vaccine Supply

The Hill (8/4, Choi) reports, “The Biden administration is considering splitting doses of the smallpox vaccine, which are being used to prevent monkeypox amid the current outbreak, into five smaller doses...said” FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf on Thur...

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Children Granted Access To Monkeypox Vaccine On Case-By-Case Basis, FDA Says

ABC News (8/4, Kindelan, Salzman) reports, “With over 6,000 cases of monkeypox confirmed in the United States, including five children, the demand for the monkeypox vaccine is high.” Although “the current vaccine, JYNNEOS, is approved only for adults ages...

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Experts Question Timing, Effectiveness Of Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

CNN (8/4, Christensen) reports, “This fall, Americans could get boosted with a mRNA COVID-19 vaccine unlike any that’s come before,” as “both Pfizer and Moderna are working on bivalent boosters: vaccines made up of both the old formula and a new one that...

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Researchers Outline List Of Core Symptoms That May Offer Better Working Definition Of Long COVID

MedPage Today (8/4, Short) reports that in an article published in The Lancet, “researchers proposed a list of core symptoms that could offer a better working definition of long COVID, based on an observational cohort study from the Netherlands.” Among ov...

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Global Rate Of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infections Has Increased, Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Find

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/4, Nye) reports results of a 150-study systematic review and meta-analysis “found that the global rate of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MRMP) infections has increased, highlighting the need for effective strategi...

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Biden Administration Expected To Authorize Intradermal Injection Approach To Expand Monkeypox Vaccine Supply

Pfizer, Valneva To Launch Clinical Trial Of Experimental Lyme Disease Vaccine

BioNTech Expects To Begin Deliveries Of Omicron-Adapted Vaccines As Soon As October

Patients With COVID-19 Have Higher Risk For Hospital-Onset Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Compared With Patients With Influenza-Like Illness Before Pandemic, Study Finds

Climate Hazards Have Worsened More Than Half Of Human Infectious Diseases, Study Says

Group Of 23 States Tells Federal Court CDC Lacks Authority To Set Transit Mask Rules

US Administers More Than 7,300 Doses Of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

Finger Prick Nucleic Acid Testing USB-Interfaced Device May Increase Accessibility To HIV Self-Testing, Study Suggests

Increase In Incidence Of Endophthalmitis Following Vitrectomy May Be Tied To Increased Mask Wearing During COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Suggests

Experts Express Caution Over Proposed Monkeypox Vaccination Strategy To Ease Shortage

Patients In US Struggle To Obtain Monkeypox Drug Due To Limited Access

Siga Technologies To Begin First Human Trial Of Its Monkeypox Drug In September

Dr. Jha Touts Monkeypox Public Health Emergency Declaration, Says No “Reason For Widespread Alarm”

Dr. Fauci Urges People In US To Monitor Monkeypox Outbreak But Not To Panic

Biden Administration Declares Monkeypox Outbreak Public Health Emergency

Biden Administration Weighing Dose-Sparing Approach To Increase Monkeypox Vaccine Supply

Children Granted Access To Monkeypox Vaccine On Case-By-Case Basis, FDA Says

Experts Question Timing, Effectiveness Of Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

Researchers Outline List Of Core Symptoms That May Offer Better Working Definition Of Long COVID

Global Rate Of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infections Has Increased, Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Find