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Early Lab Test Results Suggest BA.2.86 COVID-19 Variant May Be Less Contagious, Less Immune-Evasive Than Feared

CNN (9/3, Goodman) reported, “Scientists around the world are fast-tracking lab experiments to try to understand the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of the virus that causes Covid-19. Results just beginning to emerge are offering some reassurance, experts...

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Follow-Up Data Indicate HPV Vaccination Highly Effective After 10 Years

Healio (9/5, Weldon) reports, “A study of 10-year follow-up data showed no cases of high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia and few cases of HPV infection among almost 1,300 boys and girls who received the 9-valent HPV vaccine, according to results published...

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COVID-19 Booster Shots Could Be Available As Early As Next Week

ABC News (9/5, Benadjaoud) reports, “The upcoming COVID-19 booster is expected as early as next week – potentially as soon as Sept. 13 – and is expected to protect against severe disease and death from currently circulating variants.” The FDA “is expected...

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CDC Warns Healthcare Professionals About Increase In Vibrio Vulnificus Infections

The Washington Post (9/2, Jeong) reported the CDC “on Friday issued a national alert warning health-care professionals to watch out for infections of Vibrio vulnificus, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that has killed at least 13 people on the Eastern Seaboar...

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Scientists Move Closer To Figuring Out Why Lyme Disease Symptoms Persist For Years In Some People

NBC News (8/31, Carroll) reported, “By mapping the genetic code of particularly virulent strains of Lyme disease bacteria, scientists may have gotten a step closer to figuring out why symptoms persist for months, or even years, in some people.” Hundreds o...

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Current COVID-19 Wave May Be Worse Than Tracking Data Indicate

CNN (9/1, McPhillips) reported, “Covid-19 certainly didn’t take a vacation this summer. Virus levels in the US have been on the rise for weeks, but it’s hard to know exactly how widely it’s spreading.” In fact, “experts agree that there are probably more...

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Twice-Daily Regimen Of Cephalexin As Effective As Four Daily Doses For Women With Uncomplicated UTI, Study Finds

Healio (8/31, Stulpin) reported, “Cephalexin given twice daily is as effective as a regimen of four daily doses for treating women with uncomplicated UTIs, researchers reported.” The researchers “aimed to compare a regimen of cephalexin 500 mg twice daily...

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Link Between Antibiotic Use And CDI Differs Across And Within Antibiotic Classes, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (9/1, Chan) reported, “The association between antibiotic use and risk for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) differs substantially across and within antibiotic classes, according to results of a study published in Open Fo...

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Mass Screening More Effective Than Passive Detection For Identifying TB Infection In Older Adults, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/30, Barowski) reports, “Mass screening is more effective than passive detection for identifying tuberculosis (TB) infection in older adults, primarily due to higher detection rates among asymptomatic individuals and those wit...

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Legionnaires’ Disease Death Toll In Southeast Poland Rises To 16

The AP (8/30) reports, “The death toll from Legionnaires’ disease in Poland has risen to 16 with another 140 people infected in the southeastern region close to the border with Ukraine, health authorities said Wednesday.” The area “is a key transit hub fo...

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Shorter Regimen Of High-Dose Rifampicin Fails To Demonstrate Noninferiority Compared To Six Month Regimen For Treatment Of Pulmonary TB, Study Finds

MedPage Today (8/30, Ingram) reports, “Shorter high-dose rifampicin regimens proved safe for treating pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), but failed to demonstrate noninferiority compared with the standard 6-month regimen, a phase III trial found.” Nonetheless,...

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Cabotegravir-Rilpivirine Combination Effective For Virologic Suppression In Adults With HIV, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/30, Kuhns) reports, “Long-acting antiretroviral therapy (ART) with cabotegravir plus rilpivirine is efficacious for the maintenance of virologic suppression in adults with HIV infection, according to results of a study publis...

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Australian Surgeon Finds Live Parasitic Roundworm In Patient’s Brain

CNN (8/29, Magramo) reports an Australian surgeon recently found “a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic roundworm” while performing a procedure on a patients’ brain, “the world’s first discovery of a live worm inside a human brain.” The incident “un...

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COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue To Increase In US, CDC Data Show

ABC News (8/29, Benadjaoud, Kekatos) reports, “COVID hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to data updated Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” Over the past week, US hospitalizations rose “by...

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Inpatient Antimicrobial Use Increased 7% In US Hospitals Between April 2019 And April 2020, Study Finds

Healio (8/29, Stulpin) reports, “Inpatient antimicrobial use in U.S. hospitals increased both overall and among specific commonly used antibiotics during peak waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported.” For the study, “researchers analyzed data...

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Hundreds Receive Rabies Vaccine During “Unprecedented Bat Season” In Rhode Island

The Boston Globe (8/29, Bowker) reports, “Rhode Island is experiencing an ‘unprecedented bat season,’ state health officials said last week, and 200 people have recently had to get rabies postexposure prophylaxis, the vaccine series that prevents the vira...

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Postmortem Study Identifies Brain Pathologies, Including CTE, In Young Deceased Athletes

CNN (8/28, Musa) reports, “A new study from Boston University’s CTE Center has discovered more than 60 cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, in athletes who were under the age of 30 at the time of their death.” Additionally, the study “...

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Fourth Dose Of Experimental CDI Vaccine Appears Safe, Immunogenic, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/28, Barowski) reports, “The fourth dose of an investigational Clostridioides difficile vaccine appears to be safe and immunogenic, suggesting further development is warranted. These study results were published in The Journal...

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Bayer Says Stem Cell Therapy Improves Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms In Initial Trial

Reuters (8/28, Burger) reports, “Bayer said an experimental stem cell therapy developed by its U.S. subsidiary BlueRock had shown signs of easing Parkinson’s disease symptoms in an early 12-patient trial.” Bayer on Monday “said that one year after the tre...

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Public Health Officials Warn About Coming Wave Of COVID-19 Infections

The New York Times (8/28, Bosman) reports COVID-19 “hospitalizations have increased 24 percent in a two-week period ending Aug. 12, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” Additionally, “wastewater monitorin...

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Early Lab Test Results Suggest BA.2.86 COVID-19 Variant May Be Less Contagious, Less Immune-Evasive Than Feared

Follow-Up Data Indicate HPV Vaccination Highly Effective After 10 Years

COVID-19 Booster Shots Could Be Available As Early As Next Week

CDC Warns Healthcare Professionals About Increase In Vibrio Vulnificus Infections

Scientists Move Closer To Figuring Out Why Lyme Disease Symptoms Persist For Years In Some People

Current COVID-19 Wave May Be Worse Than Tracking Data Indicate

Twice-Daily Regimen Of Cephalexin As Effective As Four Daily Doses For Women With Uncomplicated UTI, Study Finds

Link Between Antibiotic Use And CDI Differs Across And Within Antibiotic Classes, Study Finds

Mass Screening More Effective Than Passive Detection For Identifying TB Infection In Older Adults, Study Finds

Legionnaires’ Disease Death Toll In Southeast Poland Rises To 16

Shorter Regimen Of High-Dose Rifampicin Fails To Demonstrate Noninferiority Compared To Six Month Regimen For Treatment Of Pulmonary TB, Study Finds

Cabotegravir-Rilpivirine Combination Effective For Virologic Suppression In Adults With HIV, Study Finds

Australian Surgeon Finds Live Parasitic Roundworm In Patient’s Brain

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue To Increase In US, CDC Data Show

Inpatient Antimicrobial Use Increased 7% In US Hospitals Between April 2019 And April 2020, Study Finds

Hundreds Receive Rabies Vaccine During “Unprecedented Bat Season” In Rhode Island

Postmortem Study Identifies Brain Pathologies, Including CTE, In Young Deceased Athletes

Fourth Dose Of Experimental CDI Vaccine Appears Safe, Immunogenic, Study Finds

Bayer Says Stem Cell Therapy Improves Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms In Initial Trial

Public Health Officials Warn About Coming Wave Of COVID-19 Infections