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People With HIV Nearly 50% More Likely To Receive Influenza Vaccination Than People Without, Study Indicates

Healio (3/7, Stulpin) reports, “People with HIV were nearly 50% more likely to receive influenza vaccination than people without, although patients with more complex health care needs had reduced uptake, according to a study” that “pulled data from the el...

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Britain To Offer COVID-19 Booster Shots To Older Adults In Spring

Reuters (3/7, D'Silva) reports, “Britons aged over 75 and those in care homes will be offered COVID-19 booster shots in spring, Britain’s vaccine advisers said on Tuesday.” In addition, Britain will “offer the booster to children aged five and to immunosu...

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Scientists Identify T-Cells That May Help In Developing mRNA Vaccine Against Tuberculosis

NPR (3/6, Aizenman) reports “scientists at South Africa’s University of Cape Town have taken a major step toward creating an mRNA vaccine against” tuberculosis (TB) “that could work for people of all ages.” The key to this “breakthrough” was “an unusual s...

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COVID-19 Bivalent Boosters’ Protection In Elderly People Waned Two Months After Vaccination, Study Suggests

Bloomberg (3/6, Muller) reports, “Covid-19 bivalent boosters’ protection against death and hospitalization in elderly people began waning as soon as two months after vaccination, according to a preprint study.” This study (PDF), “written by researchers wh...

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Study Examines Parental Nonadherence To Coronavirus Guidelines In US

The Washington Post (3/6, Masih) reports, “Some parents in the United States were dishonest about their children having the coronavirus or did not follow testing and quarantine guidelines, according to a study” that also found “some parents were dishonest...

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Nearly Half Of Patients Who Receive Diagnosis Code Of “Unspecified Mycosis” Test Positive For Specific Fungal Disease, Researchers Say

Healio (3/6, Stulpin) reports, “Nearly half of patients who received a diagnosis code of ‘unspecified mycosis’ had positive laboratory test results for a specific fungal disease, with the most common being invasive candidiasis, researchers found” in a stu...

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Seven-Day Ofloxacin Course Inferior To 14-Day Course For Treatment Of Febrile UTI In Men, Trial Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/6, Barowski) reports, “A 7-day course of ofloxacin is inferior to a 14-day course for the treatment of febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in men,” according to a “randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, non-inferio...

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Experts Warn About Potential Link Between Discredited MMR Vaccine Study, Decrease In Vaccination Rates

ABC News (3/6, Kekatos) reports that although a “paper from the U.K. in 1998, which allegedly found that MMR vaccines cause autism,” has “been discredited by health experts” and “retracted from the journal in which it was published,” the “damage has been...

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Biden Administration Reportedly Considering Mass Bird Flu Vaccination Campaign For Poultry

The New York Times (3/6, Stolberg, Anthes) reports, “The Biden administration, keeping a watchful eye on an outbreak of avian influenza that has led to the deaths of tens of millions of chickens and is driving up the cost of eggs – not to mention raising...

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Early Infectious Disease Consultation For S. Aureus Bacteremia Increased Adherence To Quality Care Indicators, Decreased Hospital Stays In Study

Healio (3/3, Feller) reported, “An infectious disease consultation within 3 1/2 days of a diagnosis of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia was shown in a study to increase adherence to quality care indicators and decrease hospital stays compared with a later...

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Study Shows People With Long COVID At High Risk For Adverse Health Outcomes

CNN (3/3, Chavez) reported a new study published in JAMA Health Forum shows “individuals who experience long Covid are at high risk for a range of adverse health outcomes.” The study looked at “insurance claims data for 13,435 adults with long Covid and 2...

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SER-109 Improves Disease-Specific Quality Of Life For Patients With Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection, Data Indicate

Healio (3/3, Burba) reported “use of the investigational microbiome therapeutic SER-109 resulted in rapid and steady improvement in disease-specific quality of life for patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, according to” a “secondary...

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Study Evaluates Prevalence Of Comorbidities Associated With Ageing Among People With, Without HIV

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/3, Wei) reported, “The higher prevalence of comorbidities associated with ageing in patients with vs without HIV infection increases at a similar rate over time and is associated with increased mortality risk, including due t...

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CDC Issues Health Alert Advisory Over Confirmed Measles Case In Kentucky

Reuters (3/3, Roy) reported the CDC “said on Friday it was issuing a health alert advisory to notify clinics and public health officials to be watchful after a case of measles was confirmed at a large gathering in Kentucky.” According to Reuters, “on Feb....

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Biden Administration Asks Congress For More Than $1.6B To Address Pandemic Fraud

The AP (3/2, Mulvihill) reports the Biden Administration “is asking Congress to approve more than $1.6 billion to help clean up the mess of fraud against the massive government coronavirus pandemic relief programs.” In its “strategy announced Thursday, th...

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COVID-19 Call Centers, Testing Sites Closing Across US

ABC News (3/2, Kekatos) reports, “COVID-19 call centers and testing sites are closing across the United States as more Americans look to move on from the pandemic and with the emergency declaration set to end in May.” In addition, “drive-thru testing site...

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WHO Official Urges More Support For African Countries Facing Cholera Outbreaks

The AP (3/2, Muhumuza) reports, “A World Health Organization official in Africa is urging more support to countries facing cholera outbreaks, saying the disease has the potential to ‘quickly explode’ as rainfall persists in some areas.” WHO Health Emergen...

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Disproportionately Low Number Of Black People Received Mpox Vaccine During Public Health Emergency, Report Says

The Hill (3/2, Gans) says “a disproportionately low number of Black individuals received the mpox vaccine during the public health emergency,” according to a report from the Human Rights Campaign. The report (PDF) “found Black people made up one-third of...

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COVID-19, Influenza Combination Vaccine Will Not Likely Be Ready This Year, FDA Official Says

CBS News (3/2, Tin) reports, “Vaccines that offer protection against both COVID-19 and influenza with a single shot will likely not be ready in time for this year, a top federal official said Wednesday,” but “tweaks to update the current COVID vaccines an...

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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Approval Of GSK’s, Pfizer’s RSV Vaccines For Older Adults

The New York Times (3/1, Jewett) reports an FDA “advisory panel on Wednesday recommended approval of a second vaccine for the respiratory syncytial virus in older adults.” Over a two-day period, “the panel debated and then voted in favor of two vaccines,...

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People With HIV Nearly 50% More Likely To Receive Influenza Vaccination Than People Without, Study Indicates

Britain To Offer COVID-19 Booster Shots To Older Adults In Spring

Scientists Identify T-Cells That May Help In Developing mRNA Vaccine Against Tuberculosis

COVID-19 Bivalent Boosters’ Protection In Elderly People Waned Two Months After Vaccination, Study Suggests

Study Examines Parental Nonadherence To Coronavirus Guidelines In US

Nearly Half Of Patients Who Receive Diagnosis Code Of “Unspecified Mycosis” Test Positive For Specific Fungal Disease, Researchers Say

Seven-Day Ofloxacin Course Inferior To 14-Day Course For Treatment Of Febrile UTI In Men, Trial Indicates

Experts Warn About Potential Link Between Discredited MMR Vaccine Study, Decrease In Vaccination Rates

Biden Administration Reportedly Considering Mass Bird Flu Vaccination Campaign For Poultry

Early Infectious Disease Consultation For S. Aureus Bacteremia Increased Adherence To Quality Care Indicators, Decreased Hospital Stays In Study

Study Shows People With Long COVID At High Risk For Adverse Health Outcomes

SER-109 Improves Disease-Specific Quality Of Life For Patients With Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection, Data Indicate

Study Evaluates Prevalence Of Comorbidities Associated With Ageing Among People With, Without HIV

CDC Issues Health Alert Advisory Over Confirmed Measles Case In Kentucky

Biden Administration Asks Congress For More Than $1.6B To Address Pandemic Fraud

COVID-19 Call Centers, Testing Sites Closing Across US

WHO Official Urges More Support For African Countries Facing Cholera Outbreaks

Disproportionately Low Number Of Black People Received Mpox Vaccine During Public Health Emergency, Report Says

COVID-19, Influenza Combination Vaccine Will Not Likely Be Ready This Year, FDA Official Says

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Approval Of GSK’s, Pfizer’s RSV Vaccines For Older Adults