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Health Authorities Confirm Third Ebola Case In Northwest DRC, WHO Says

Reuters (5/5, Peyton) reports, “Health authorities have confirmed a third Ebola case in the city of Mbandaka in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.” The 48-year-old patient “is a high-risk contact...

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FDA Limits Who Can Receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine

The AP (5/5, Perrone, Neergaard) reports that on Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration “strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.” The FDA “said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vacci...

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FDA Says “No Evidence” Second Course Of Paxlovid Is Effective In Rebound Cases

Bloomberg (5/4, Langreth) reports “there is ‘no evidence’ that a second course of Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid will help” patients with COVID-19 “whose symptoms return after an initial course of the antiviral, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration official said a...

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Experts Urge Greater Research Into “Lesser” COVID-19 Lineages

The New York Times (5/4, Anthes) reports that “for every Delta or Omicron” COVID-19 variant “there is a Gamma, Iota or Mu, variants that drove local surges but never swept to global dominance.” Though “understanding Omicron remains a critical public healt...

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Omicron Variant Is As Severe As Previous Variants, Study Suggests

Reuters (5/5, Ghosh) reports that the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus “is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in previous studies that it was more transmissible but less severe, a large study in the United States h...

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Risk For SARS-CoV-2 Infection 1,000 Times Greater After Exposure To Airborne Particles Than Contaminated Surfaces, Study Suggests

HealthDay (5/4, Mozes) reports risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection is “1,000 times” greater “after exposure to airborne virus particles” than contact with “a contaminated surface,” according to a study in which researchers “tested air and surface samples around...

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Severe COVID-19 May Cause Long-Lasting Cognitive Impairment, Study Indicates

Bloomberg (5/4, Lizarraga) reports “severe COVID-19 may cause long-lasting cognitive impairment, similar to how much brainpower 70-year-olds typically have lost compared to age 50,” according to a 46-patient study published in eClinicalMedicine. The study...

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Treatment With Interleukin-6 Inhibitors Reduces Risk Of Death By 75% Compared To Standard Treatment Among Patients With COVID-19, Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Find

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/4, Mermelstein) reports “treatment with interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitors decreased the risk of death among patients with COVID-19 infection by 75% compared with standard treatment, according to results of” an 11-study systemat...

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Systematic Review Examines Safety Of Protease Inhibitor-Based ART In Pregnant Women With HIV Infection

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/4, Mermelstein) reports, “Treatment with protease inhibitor (PI)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) among women with HIV infection who were pregnant was associated with an increased risk for poor perinatal outcomes, including...

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Twelve-Month Regimen Of Oral Itraconazole Superior To Six-Month Regimen In Reducing Relapses Of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Trial Demonstrates

Healio (5/4, Stulpin) reports “a single-center, open-label, randomized controlled trial” has “demonstrated that 12 months of oral itraconazole was superior to a 6-month regimen in reducing relapses of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, researchers reported....

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COVID-19 Vaccines Effective Against New Omicron Subvariants, WHO Chief Says

Bloomberg (5/4, Hoffman) reports, “Vaccines are effective against new omicron sub-variants driving a surge in COVID-19 cases in South Africa, the head of the World Health Organization said.” At a media briefing in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said t...

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COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Rising Again Across US

CNN (5/3, Goodman) reports “COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising again in the United States.” CNN adds “cases are trending up in most states,” and “average daily hospitalizations are up about 10% since last week, according to data collected by”...

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Increasing Venomics Efforts Leading To Number Of New Drug Discoveries

The New York Times (5/3, Robbins) reports, “Efforts to tease apart the vast swarm of proteins in venom – a field called venomics – have burgeoned in recent years, and the growing catalog of compounds has led to a number of drug discoveries.” As the charac...

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New Omicron Subvariants Fuel Surge In South Africa, Raising Concerns In US

The Los Angeles Times (5/3, Money) reports “a pair of new Omicron subvariants” – BA.4 and BA.5 – “has emerged, raising the possibility that survivors of earlier Omicron strains can get reinfected.” The subvariants “have gained increasing attention in Sout...

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SARS-CoV-2 Starting To Become More Like Seasonal Flu

STAT (5/3, Molteni) reports, “SARS-CoV-2 remains a long way from being ordinary,” yet “there are signs that the virus – and our relationship to it – is shifting in subtle ways that make it more like seasonal flu than it was at the start of the pandemic.”...

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Washington Corrections Center Reports Tuberculosis Outbreak

The AP (5/3) reports, “A tuberculosis outbreak at Stafford Creek Corrections Center has spurred fears among incarcerated people and their families over whether correctional officials are properly responding to the serious and sometimes fatal infectious di...

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At Least 228 Probable Cases Of Severe Hepatitis In Children Reported To WHO So Far

Reuters (5/3, Farge) reports World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic on Tuesday “said...that it had received reports of at least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis with dozens more under investigation.” Jasarevic said, “As of May 1, at l...

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In Response To Salmonella Outbreak, FDA Recommends Safety Guidelines For Hydroponic Farms

The New York Times (5/3, Schoch) reports people “have embraced hydroponic produce, confident that” greens “raised indoors in greenhouses are safer than” those “rooted outdoors in farm soil.” However, “a salmonella outbreak last summer that sickened 31 peo...

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Rate Of Vertical Hepatitis C Transmission Nearly 25% Higher Than Commonly Assumed, Analysis Shows

Healio (5/2, Stulpin) reports, “The rate of vertical hepatitis C transmission is nearly 25% higher than commonly assumed, according to a reanalysis of data from more than 1,700 children born to mothers infected with the virus.” The reanalysis “also found,...

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Researchers Warn Of Drug-Resistant Aspergillus Fumigatus That Can Spread From Environment To Humans

HealthDay (5/2, Preidt) reports, “British researchers are warning of one more rising health danger: a drug-resistant mold [Aspergillus fumigatus] found in the environment that infects certain people’s lungs.” The “resistance is due to the widespread agric...

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Health Authorities Confirm Third Ebola Case In Northwest DRC, WHO Says

FDA Limits Who Can Receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine

FDA Says “No Evidence” Second Course Of Paxlovid Is Effective In Rebound Cases

Experts Urge Greater Research Into “Lesser” COVID-19 Lineages

Omicron Variant Is As Severe As Previous Variants, Study Suggests

Risk For SARS-CoV-2 Infection 1,000 Times Greater After Exposure To Airborne Particles Than Contaminated Surfaces, Study Suggests

Severe COVID-19 May Cause Long-Lasting Cognitive Impairment, Study Indicates

Treatment With Interleukin-6 Inhibitors Reduces Risk Of Death By 75% Compared To Standard Treatment Among Patients With COVID-19, Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Find

Systematic Review Examines Safety Of Protease Inhibitor-Based ART In Pregnant Women With HIV Infection

Twelve-Month Regimen Of Oral Itraconazole Superior To Six-Month Regimen In Reducing Relapses Of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Trial Demonstrates

COVID-19 Vaccines Effective Against New Omicron Subvariants, WHO Chief Says

COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Rising Again Across US

Increasing Venomics Efforts Leading To Number Of New Drug Discoveries

New Omicron Subvariants Fuel Surge In South Africa, Raising Concerns In US

SARS-CoV-2 Starting To Become More Like Seasonal Flu

Washington Corrections Center Reports Tuberculosis Outbreak

At Least 228 Probable Cases Of Severe Hepatitis In Children Reported To WHO So Far

In Response To Salmonella Outbreak, FDA Recommends Safety Guidelines For Hydroponic Farms

Rate Of Vertical Hepatitis C Transmission Nearly 25% Higher Than Commonly Assumed, Analysis Shows

Researchers Warn Of Drug-Resistant Aspergillus Fumigatus That Can Spread From Environment To Humans