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Lack Of Specialized COVID-19 Treatments Hampering Care For Immunocompromised People

Politico (1/1, Gardner) reported, “The lack of specialized Covid-19 treatments for people with weak immune systems has left millions of Americans with limited options if they get sick as the pandemic heads into an uncertain winter.” Monoclonal antibodies...

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Experts Discuss Global Preparedness For Future Pandemics

USA Today (1/1, Weintraub) reported that three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, “the risk of a deadly pathogen spreading around the world remains.” And “now, in addition to worrying about a virus that might jump from animals to humans, expe...

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New Antiviral Drug Appears As Effective As Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir At Curbing Mild To Moderate COVID-19 Illness Among People At High Risk Of Severe Disease In Trial

NBC News (12/29, Bendix) reports a new antiviral drug “for Covid was found to be as effective as” nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) “at curbing mild to moderate illness among people at high risk of severe disease in a phase 3 trial in China.” According to...

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Bimodal Olfactory Training Does Not Produce Clinically Meaningful Improvement In Sense Of Smell Among People With COVID-19-Related Olfactory Loss, Trial Shows

MedPage Today (12/29, Kneisel) reports, “Bimodal olfactory training with visual cues and the use of patient-preferred scents did not produce a clinically meaningful improvement in sense of smell among individuals with COVID-19–related olfactory loss, a 27...

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Rates Of Long COVID-19-Related Symptoms Two Years After Acute Infection Appear To Be Similar Between Patients Who Were And Were Not Hospitalized At Infection Onset, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/29, Barowski) reports, “Rates of long COVID-19-related symptoms 2 years after acute infection were found to be similar between patients who were and were not hospitalized at infection onset, according to” a “cross-sectional...

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US Health Officials Warn About Increase In Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections

The Los Angeles Times (12/29, Money, Lin) reports physicians “should be on the lookout for a particular kind of invasive strep infection in children that can result in so-called ‘flesh-eating’ disease and organ failure, according to health officials.” Jus...

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CMS Issues Reminder To Insurers That Coverage Is Available Without Cost-Sharing For Updated COVID-19 Vaccines

Healthcare Finance News (12/29, Morse) reports, “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is reminding insurers that coverage is available without cost-sharing for the updated COVID-19 vaccines.” Regardless of coverage or lack thereof, “COVID-19 vac...

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Many Young Cancer Survivors Do Not Receive HPV Vaccine, Study Indicates

HealthDay (12/29, Murez) reports a study published in Cancer examines reasons for refusing the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among young cancer survivors. For the study, “researchers analyzed data from a clinical trial of the HPV vaccine among cancer...

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COVID-19, Respiratory Illnesses Still Rising Amid Holiday Season

The New York Times (12/22, Anthes) reports that amid this holiday season, “new, immune evasive versions of the Omicron variant are spreading,” and “this year the coronavirus has company: Common seasonal viruses, which lay low for the last two winters, hav...

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Study Examines Persistent Loss Of Smell Post SARS-CoV-2 Infection

The Washington Post (12/22, Ables) reports a study published in Science Translational Medicine “offers a theory, and new insight, into lingering smell loss” post SARS-CoV-2 infection. Investigators “analyzed samples of olfactory epithelial tissue – where...

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Higher-Dose Corticosteroids Increase Risk Of Death In Patients With COVID-19 And Hypoxia Receiving Either No Oxygen Or Simple Oxygen Only, Data Show

MedPage Today (12/22, Hein) reports, “Higher-dose corticosteroids increased the risk of death in patients with COVID-19 and hypoxia, and who were receiving either no oxygen or simple oxygen only, compared with usual care that included low-dose corticoster...

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HIV Self-Testing Was Relatively Uncommon Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Living In US Urban Areas In 2017, Research Finds

The American Journal of Managed Care (12/22, Klein) reports, “In 2017, HIV self-testing (HIVST) was relatively uncommon among men who have sex with men (MSM) living in US urban areas, according to research” that found “of 6563 MSM, only 506 (7.7%) reporte...

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Rates Of Infection-Unrelated Cancers Higher Than Infection-Related Cancers Among Older Adults With HIV, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/22, Nye) reports a study “found that rates of infection-unrelated cancers were higher than infection-related cancers among older adults with HIV infection.” The study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, sourced data...

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FDA Approves Gilead’s Long-Acting Capsid Inhibitor Lenacapavir For HIV-1

Reuters (12/22, Mahobe, Leo, Mandowara) reports that on Thursday, the FDA approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s lenacapavir (Sunlenca) “therapy for HIV infections, paving the way for a drug that requires less frequent dosing than existing treatments.” The “injec...

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Biden Administration Says It Will Release Prescription Flu Medicine From Strategic National Stockpile

The AP (12/21, Seitz) reports that on Wednesday, the Biden Administration “said...it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile to states as...patients continue to flock to hospitals and doctors’ offices around t...

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Mosquitoes Increasingly Carry Mutation That Makes Them Resistant To Common Insecticide, Report Says

The Washington Post (12/21, Achenbach) reports “mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam increasingly carry a mutation that makes them resistant to a commonly deployed insecticide,” according to a report published in Science Advances. This report “tells the sto...

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BioNtech Doses First Patient In Clinical Study Of Herpes Vaccine Candidate

Reuters (12/21, Chabba) reports, “BioNtech has dosed the first patient with its BNT163 herpes vaccine candidate designed to prevent genital lesions as part of a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical research study, the German vaccine maker said on Wednesday.” T...

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US, Europe Report Rise In Invasive Strep A Infections

The Washington Post (12/21, Cha) reports that while “infection with Streptococcus pyogenes – or group A strep, for short – typically produces mild symptoms,” in “recent months, cases related to a rare invasive form of the common bacteria have been popping...

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India To Step Up COVID-19 Surveillance As Cases Increase Across Globe

Reuters (12/21, Dayal) reports, “India’s government has asked the country’s states to keep a sharp lookout for any new variants of the coronavirus and urged people to wear masks in crowded areas, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in China and other par...

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Risk For Severe Disease, Death Among US Adults With COVID-19 Highest For Unvaccinated Inpatients, Those Infected With Delta Variant, Study Finds

Healio (12/21, Stulpin) reports, “The risk for severe disease or death among U.S. adults with COVID-19 was highest for unvaccinated inpatients and those infected with the Delta variant, according to” a study of “inpatients with COVID-19 at five hospitals...

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Lack Of Specialized COVID-19 Treatments Hampering Care For Immunocompromised People

Experts Discuss Global Preparedness For Future Pandemics

New Antiviral Drug Appears As Effective As Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir At Curbing Mild To Moderate COVID-19 Illness Among People At High Risk Of Severe Disease In Trial

Bimodal Olfactory Training Does Not Produce Clinically Meaningful Improvement In Sense Of Smell Among People With COVID-19-Related Olfactory Loss, Trial Shows

Rates Of Long COVID-19-Related Symptoms Two Years After Acute Infection Appear To Be Similar Between Patients Who Were And Were Not Hospitalized At Infection Onset, Study Suggests

US Health Officials Warn About Increase In Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections

CMS Issues Reminder To Insurers That Coverage Is Available Without Cost-Sharing For Updated COVID-19 Vaccines

Many Young Cancer Survivors Do Not Receive HPV Vaccine, Study Indicates

COVID-19, Respiratory Illnesses Still Rising Amid Holiday Season

Study Examines Persistent Loss Of Smell Post SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Higher-Dose Corticosteroids Increase Risk Of Death In Patients With COVID-19 And Hypoxia Receiving Either No Oxygen Or Simple Oxygen Only, Data Show

HIV Self-Testing Was Relatively Uncommon Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Living In US Urban Areas In 2017, Research Finds

Rates Of Infection-Unrelated Cancers Higher Than Infection-Related Cancers Among Older Adults With HIV, Study Finds

FDA Approves Gilead’s Long-Acting Capsid Inhibitor Lenacapavir For HIV-1

Biden Administration Says It Will Release Prescription Flu Medicine From Strategic National Stockpile

Mosquitoes Increasingly Carry Mutation That Makes Them Resistant To Common Insecticide, Report Says

BioNtech Doses First Patient In Clinical Study Of Herpes Vaccine Candidate

US, Europe Report Rise In Invasive Strep A Infections

India To Step Up COVID-19 Surveillance As Cases Increase Across Globe

Risk For Severe Disease, Death Among US Adults With COVID-19 Highest For Unvaccinated Inpatients, Those Infected With Delta Variant, Study Finds