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CDC Extensively Updates Indoor Ventilation Guidance

CNN (5/12, Goodman) reported the CDC “has extensively updated its ventilation guidance on helping prevent indoor transmission of the virus that causes Covid-19.” The agency “had advised people to ventilate indoor air before, but this if the first time a f...

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Monoclonal Antibody Speeds Time To HIV Viral Suppression In Heavily Pre-Treated Patients, Research Finds

Healio (5/12, Feller) reported that a monoclonal antibody called ibalizumab being developed by Theratechnologies “was shown to speed the time to viral suppression in heavily treatment-experienced people with HIV compared with ART regimens that did not con...

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Nearly 10% Of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients May Develop Bacteremia In First Year After Transplant, Research Suggests

Healio (5/12, Stulpin) reported, “Nearly 10% of solid organ transplant recipients may develop bacteremia in the first year after transplant,” investigators concluded in the findings of a 4,383-recipient, “retrospective nested multicenter cohort study” pub...

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Patients With Long COVID May Face More Barriers Accessing Healthcare, Research Suggests

Healio (5/12, Bascom) reported, “People with long COVID were more likely to report unmet healthcare needs in the last year due to challenges like cost and access to care, according to research.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.

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CDC Reports Two Cases Of Highly Contagious, Drug-Resistant Ringworm Infections In US

NBC News (5/11, Edwards) writes, “Two cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant ringworm infections have been detected in New York City – the first such cases reported in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday...

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End Of COVID-19 PHE Stops Most Virus Monitoring, Many Responses To Pandemic

The New York Times (5/11, Anthes) reports, “When the Covid-19 public health emergency expires in the United States on Thursday, the coronavirus will not disappear,” but “many of the data streams that have helped Americans monitor the virus will go dark.”...

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WHO Declares End Of Mpox Global Health Emergency

The AP (5/11, Cheng) reports, “The World Health Organization said Thursday that the global outbreak of mpox, which initially baffled experts when the smallpox-related disease spread to more than 100 countries last year, is no longer an international emerg...

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HHS Extending COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Liability Shields As PHE Ends

Bloomberg Law (5/11, Lopez, Subscription Publication) reports, “Covid-19 pandemic liability shields for health professionals administering vaccines will be extended as the Biden administration formally ends the federal public health emergency, the HHS ann...

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FDA Eases Blood Donation Rules

Reuters (5/11, Satija) reports the FDA “on Thursday set guidelines for blood donation organizations, recommending they screen donors based on one set of criteria, ending a restrictive policy that applied only to men who have sex with men and their female...

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COVID-19 Tests No Longer Free For Most People In US After PHE Ends

NBC News (5/10, Bendix) reports that after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends this week, “people with employer-based private health insurance could start paying for at-home Covid tests as well as rapid or lab tests at a doctor’s office or clinic.”...

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Self-Sampling Has Similar Accuracy To Conventional Testing For Diagnosing Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Research Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/10, Wei) reports, “Self-sampling has similar accuracy to that of conventional testing for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections and may increase linkage and engagement in care when combined wit...

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Salmonellosis Causes Substantial Infant Mortality In US, Researchers Say

HealthDay (5/10, Gotkine) reports, “Salmonellosis causes substantial infant morbidity and mortality, according to a study.” Researchers “analyzed national surveillance data and active, sentinel surveillance data during 1996 to 2015 for culture-confirmed S...

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Coconut Scent Appears Most Repellent To Mosquitoes Over Other Scents, Research Suggests

NBC News (5/10, Sullivan) reports that a small study suggests coconut scent may help repel mosquitoes, but that this effect can vary depending on an person’s unique scent and combination of chemicals. Researchers suspect “that certain scents amplify repel...

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CDC Data Show Roughly 5% Rise In TB Cases In 2022, Especially Among Young Children

The Washington Post (5/8, Searing) says, “In 2022, 8,300 cases of tuberculosis were identified in the United States, marking a 5 percent increase from the year before, according to a report from the” CDC. This “rebound in TB cases included a 26 percent in...

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US Adults Who Reported Negative Healthcare Experiences Because Of Discrimination Were Less Likely To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Study Finds

Healio (5/6, Feller) reports, “U.S. adults who reported negative health care experiences because of discrimination based on their race or ethnicity were less likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a study found.” These “results, published recently in M...

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Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia Was A Major Driver Of COVID-19 Deaths In Critically Ill Patients, Machine Learning-Based Analysis Finds

Health IT Analytics (5/8, Kennedy) reports that researchers have “found that secondary bacterial pneumonia was a major driver of COVID-19 deaths in critically ill patients following a machine learning (ML)-based analysis of medical record data.” Investiga...

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UN Health Officials Concerned Ukraine, Sudan Conflicts Fueling Surge In Tuberculosis

The AP (5/8, Lederer) reports, “Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming surge in tuberculosis, which is now killing more people worldwide than COVID-19 or AIDS.” Chiefly, “a high number of cases” are “in conflict zo...

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COVID-19 Deaths Declined 47% Between 2021 And 2022, CDC Data Indicate

The Washington Post (5/4, Achenbach) reports, “The waning of the pandemic led to fewer deaths in America in 2022 than in 2021, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” However, “heart disease and cancer deaths ro...

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Long Telomeres May Be Tied To Health Problems Like Cancer And Blood Disorders, Research Suggests

The New York Times (5/4, Kolata) reports that while short telomeres were thought to be bad and long telomeres were thought to be good, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that although “short telomeres do lead to health probl...

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Polybacterial Sublingual Vaccine For Recurrent UTIs Reduces Infection Rate By 74.8%, Data Show

Healio (5/4, Bascom) reports, “A polybacterial sublingual vaccine,” known as MV140, “which reduced recurrent UTI rates and had few side effects, could be useful in future clinical practice, according to researchers.” Data show that “after completing the v...

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CDC Extensively Updates Indoor Ventilation Guidance

Monoclonal Antibody Speeds Time To HIV Viral Suppression In Heavily Pre-Treated Patients, Research Finds

Nearly 10% Of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients May Develop Bacteremia In First Year After Transplant, Research Suggests

Patients With Long COVID May Face More Barriers Accessing Healthcare, Research Suggests

CDC Reports Two Cases Of Highly Contagious, Drug-Resistant Ringworm Infections In US

End Of COVID-19 PHE Stops Most Virus Monitoring, Many Responses To Pandemic

WHO Declares End Of Mpox Global Health Emergency

HHS Extending COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Liability Shields As PHE Ends

FDA Eases Blood Donation Rules

COVID-19 Tests No Longer Free For Most People In US After PHE Ends

Self-Sampling Has Similar Accuracy To Conventional Testing For Diagnosing Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Research Suggests

Salmonellosis Causes Substantial Infant Mortality In US, Researchers Say

Coconut Scent Appears Most Repellent To Mosquitoes Over Other Scents, Research Suggests

CDC Data Show Roughly 5% Rise In TB Cases In 2022, Especially Among Young Children

US Adults Who Reported Negative Healthcare Experiences Because Of Discrimination Were Less Likely To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Study Finds

Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia Was A Major Driver Of COVID-19 Deaths In Critically Ill Patients, Machine Learning-Based Analysis Finds

UN Health Officials Concerned Ukraine, Sudan Conflicts Fueling Surge In Tuberculosis

COVID-19 Deaths Declined 47% Between 2021 And 2022, CDC Data Indicate

Long Telomeres May Be Tied To Health Problems Like Cancer And Blood Disorders, Research Suggests

Polybacterial Sublingual Vaccine For Recurrent UTIs Reduces Infection Rate By 74.8%, Data Show