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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Hits New Lows After Full FDA Approval For Pfizer/BioNTech Shot, Poll Finds

The Hill (8/31, Mastrangelo) reports, “The percentage of Americans who say they will never get vaccinated against the coronavirus has dropped to a new low, according to” an Axios-Ipsos poll issued Tuesday showing that “20 percent of Americans said they ei...

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CDC Advisory Committee Supports FDA Approval Of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine For Individuals 16 Or Older Despite Small Myocarditis Risk

The New York Times (8/30, Anthes) reports new data presented to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) “provided more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines provided robust protection against severe disease through July, after the Delt...

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High Demand For At-Home COVID-19 Tests May Outstrip Supply In Coming Weeks, Manufacturer Says

HealthDay (8/30, Preidt) reports, “Demand for Abbott Laboratories’ at-home COVID-19 tests has reached ‘unprecedented’ levels and supply may be limited in the coming weeks, the company says.” Sales have spiked due to surging coronavirus infection rates, an...

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Environmental MRSA Shedding More Frequent Than MDR-GNB Shedding During Inpatient, Outpatient Appointments, Results Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/30, Aghjayan) reports, “Compared with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (MDR-GNB), environmental shedding of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurred more frequently during inpatient and outpatient...

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Presence Of Mature Red Blood Cells Still Containing Mitochondria May Be Tied To Higher SLE Disease Activity, Research Indicates

Healio (8/30, Laday) reports, “The presence of mature red blood cells that still contain mitochondria is associated with higher systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE] disease activity,” investigators concluded after analyzing “the life cycle of” human red blo...

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Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 At Increased Risk For Hospital-Acquired Infections, Study Says

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/30, Aghjayan) reports, “Patients with COVID-19 who are critically ill may be at increased risk for hospital-acquired infections (HAI), especially ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and bloodstream infections (BSI) caused b...

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CDC Says Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine US Trial Participants Qualify As Fully Vaccinated Two Weeks After Dosing

Reuters (8/30, O'Donnell) reports, “Participants in Novavax Inc’s...late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial can be considered fully vaccinated two weeks after completing their two-dose vaccine regimen, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on...

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Glycemic Changes May Play Important Role In Response To Treatment Among Patients With Tuberculosis Who Do Not Have Diabetes, Study Indicates

Healio (8/27, Welsh) reports, “Glycemic changes may play an important role in response to treatment among patients with tuberculosis who do not have diabetes, according to” study data. The findings were published in the American Journal of Respiratory Cri...

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Delta Variant Could Double Risk Of Hospitalization For Unvaccinated, Large Analysis Finds

The New York Times (8/27, Anthes) reported that a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Friday found that people who are infected with the Delta variant “are twice as likely to be hospitalized as those who are infected with the Alpha varian...

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Rapid, At-Home COVID-19 Testing Kits Under High Demand But Not Always Accurate, Experts Say

The Washington Post (8/28, Chiu) reported that as COVID-19 rates “have skyrocketed across much of the United States, largely driven by the highly contagious delta variant, so have demands for access to testing, including” rapid and at-home testing kits. H...

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Universal Testing, Contact Tracing Failed To Find Evidence That School Buses Were Source Of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission In Virginia School, Study Says

Healio (8/27, Miller) reported, “Universal testing and contact tracing failed to find evidence that near-capacity school buses were the source of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at a school in Virginia,” according to a study published in Journal of School Health....

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Intravenous Artesunate Safe, Effective In Treatment Of Malaria, Study Says

Healio (8/27, Downey) reported, “Intravenous artesunate was safe and effective in treating severe malaria in adults in the United States,” according to findings from a 280-patient study. Results showed that “parasitemia was lowered to less than 1%...by th...

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Oral Probenecid, Cephalexin Combination Increases Probability Of Reaching PK, PD Targets Of Cephalexin Alone, Results Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/27, van Paridon) reported that a combination of oral probenecid and cephalexin “was found to increase the probability of reaching the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) targets of cephalexin, according to study res...

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American Intelligence Agencies Still Uncertain On Origin Of SARS-CoV-2

The New York Times (8/27, Barnes) reported, “American intelligence agencies have not been able to determine if the coronavirus pandemic was the result of an accidental leak from a lab or if it emerged more naturally, according to declassified portions of...

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HHS Data Show US COVID-19 Hospitalizations Top 100,000 In Eight-Month High

Reuters (8/27, Maan) reported that according to HHS data published Friday, “the number of coronavirus patients in U.S. hospitals has breached 100,000, the highest level in eight months...as a resurgence of COVID-19 spurred by the highly contagious Delta v...

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Medicaid Enrollees Less Likely To Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Data Show

Kaiser Health News (8/27, Galewitz) reported Medicaid enrollees are far less likely to have received the COVID-19 vaccine compared to the general population. According to KHN, “Efforts by state Medicaid agencies and the private health plans that most stat...

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Pediatric COVID-19 Hospitalizations Reach Record High In US

Fox News (8/26, Hein) reports “pediatric COVID-19-related hospitalizations have hit all-time highs in the U.S., with the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting over 50,660 admissions through the month of Augus...

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Delta Variant Surge Drives Up Demand For At-Home COVID Tests

The Wall Street Journal (8/26, Abbott, Subscription Publication) reports that amid the surge in Delta variant infections, demand for at-home COVID-19 tests is experiencing a sharp increase.

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Black And Hispanic Individuals At Risk For HIV, As Well As Young Adults And People With Substance Use Disorder, Are More Likely To Experience Gaps In PrEP Care, Study Indicates

MedPage Today (8/26, Hamza) reports, “Black and Hispanic individuals at risk for HIV, as well as young adults and people with substance use disorder (SUD), were more likely to experience gaps in preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care, a retrospective study s...

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HIV Infection Not A Risk Factor For Moderate Or Severe COVID-19 Disease Or COVID-19 Mortality, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/26, Mermelstein) reports, “HIV infection was found to not be a risk factor for moderate or severe COVID-19 disease or COVID-19 mortality, according to results of a retrospective study.” The findings were published in the Jour...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Hits New Lows After Full FDA Approval For Pfizer/BioNTech Shot, Poll Finds

CDC Advisory Committee Supports FDA Approval Of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine For Individuals 16 Or Older Despite Small Myocarditis Risk

High Demand For At-Home COVID-19 Tests May Outstrip Supply In Coming Weeks, Manufacturer Says

Environmental MRSA Shedding More Frequent Than MDR-GNB Shedding During Inpatient, Outpatient Appointments, Results Show

Presence Of Mature Red Blood Cells Still Containing Mitochondria May Be Tied To Higher SLE Disease Activity, Research Indicates

Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 At Increased Risk For Hospital-Acquired Infections, Study Says

CDC Says Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine US Trial Participants Qualify As Fully Vaccinated Two Weeks After Dosing

Glycemic Changes May Play Important Role In Response To Treatment Among Patients With Tuberculosis Who Do Not Have Diabetes, Study Indicates

Delta Variant Could Double Risk Of Hospitalization For Unvaccinated, Large Analysis Finds

Rapid, At-Home COVID-19 Testing Kits Under High Demand But Not Always Accurate, Experts Say

Universal Testing, Contact Tracing Failed To Find Evidence That School Buses Were Source Of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission In Virginia School, Study Says

Intravenous Artesunate Safe, Effective In Treatment Of Malaria, Study Says

Oral Probenecid, Cephalexin Combination Increases Probability Of Reaching PK, PD Targets Of Cephalexin Alone, Results Show

American Intelligence Agencies Still Uncertain On Origin Of SARS-CoV-2

HHS Data Show US COVID-19 Hospitalizations Top 100,000 In Eight-Month High

Medicaid Enrollees Less Likely To Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Data Show

Pediatric COVID-19 Hospitalizations Reach Record High In US

Delta Variant Surge Drives Up Demand For At-Home COVID Tests

Black And Hispanic Individuals At Risk For HIV, As Well As Young Adults And People With Substance Use Disorder, Are More Likely To Experience Gaps In PrEP Care, Study Indicates

HIV Infection Not A Risk Factor For Moderate Or Severe COVID-19 Disease Or COVID-19 Mortality, Study Indicates