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USPSTF Recommends Clinicians Prescribe PrEP For Patients At Increased Risk For HIV

Healio (12/13, Rhoades) reports, “The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released a draft recommendation advocating for clinicians to prescribe preexposure prophylaxis to patients at increased risk for HIV.” This recommendation (PDF), “an A grade, is...

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CDC Urges Face Masks As “Tripledemic” Continues

The Hill (12/12, Caprariello, Delandro) reports the CDC is urging Americans to wear masks indoors as the “tripledemic” of influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 continue to spread across the US. According to the CDC’s December 8 report, “13.7 percent of Americans n...

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Study Finds Nearly Half Of All S. Pneumoniae Isolates In US Adults Were Resistant To At Least One Drug

Healio (12/12) reports, “Nearly half of all Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected from U.S. adults as part of a large study were resistant to at least one drug, researchers found.” Researchers “evaluated 30-day nonduplicate Streptococcus pneumoniae...

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Study Finds Pregnant Women With HIV With Access To ART For Life Had Less Than 2% Risk For Vertical Transmission

Healio (12/12) reports pregnant women with HIV in Tanzania “who had access to antiretroviral for life had less than a 2% risk for vertical transmission, according to data published in The Lancet HIV.” Researchers from 2015 to 2017 enrolled more than 13,00...

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CDC Recommends Special Flu Shots For Those 65 And Older

The Washington Post (12/12, Roberts) reports, “The CDC is now recommending that people 65 or older try to find one of these specially formulated vaccines.” This “reflects an extensive review of the evidence on how well the different kinds of flu vaccines...

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WHO, ECDC Warn Against A Streptococcus In Children Across Europe

Reuters (12/12, Mahobe) reports, “Europe should be vigilant against severe infections caused by a bacteria called group A Streptococcus in children below 10 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (E...

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Drug Resistance In Bacteria Causing Bloodstream Infections Increased During First Year Of Pandemic, WHO Finds

Reuters (12/9, Grover) reported, “Increased drug resistance in bacteria causing bloodstream infections, including against last-resort antibiotics, was seen in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, a World Health Organization report based on data fro...

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Shortcomings In Hospital Linen Handling Identified As Potential Route Of Contamination In Healthcare-Associated Mucormycosis Outbreak, Investigation Suggests

Healio (12/9, Stulpin) reported, “Shortcomings in hospital linen reprocessing, delivery and intake were identified as a potential route of contamination in a health care-associated mucormycosis outbreak reported in Arkansas,” according to an investigation...

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Adolescent Transition Package Shows Promise In Improving Transition To Independent Care Among Adolescents, Younger Adults With HIV, Trial Shows

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/9, Lopez) reported, “An adolescent transition package designed to improve the transition to independent care among adolescents and younger adults with HIV infection resulted in overall higher scores in transition readiness,...

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Patients With Chronic HBV Infection Show Sustained HBsAg, HBV DNA Loss After 24 Weeks Of Bepirovirsen Therapy, Trial Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/9, Nye) reported, “Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection show sustained hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBV DNA loss after 24 weeks of bepirovirsen therapy, according to” a “phase 2b, randomized, pa...

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Demand For Antivirals High Across US Amid Surging Flu Activity

TODAY (12/9, Kee) reported, “After virtually disappearing for the last two winters, the flu is back in the United States and worse than it has been in a long time.” And “as flu cases surge and hospitalizations reach record highs...antivirals are in demand...

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CDC Expands Use Of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines To Include Children Aged Six Months Through Five Years

Reuters (12/9, Mahobe) reported that on Friday, the CDC “expanded the use of” bivalent “COVID-19 vaccines that target both the original coronavirus and Omicron sub-variants to include children aged 6 months through 5 years.” This “development comes a day...

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FDA Authorizes Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines For Young Children

The Washington Post (12/8, McGinley) reports that on Thursday, the FDA “authorized an updated booster shot of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for young children.” In a statement, the agency “said children 6 months through 5 years old would be eligible for t...

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People Who Receive One Or Two Doses Of Jynneos Vaccine Have Reduced Risk For Mpox Than Unvaccinated People, CDC Study Finds

STAT (12/8, Branswell) reports, “People who received one or two doses of mpox vaccine contracted the infection at substantially lower rates than unvaccinated people...suggested” a study published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The stu...

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Many Patients With TB Who Are Potentially Eligible For Shorter Therapy Are Treated With Standard Six-Month Courses, Study Finds

Healio (12/8, Stulpin) reports, “Many patients with tuberculosis who were potentially eligible for a shorter 4-month therapy were treated with standard 6-month courses, according to a...study” in which investigators “used U.S. National Tuberculosis Survei...

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COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Disruptions Led To 63,000 Additional Malaria Deaths, 13M Infections, WHO Says

The AP (12/8, Cheng) reports, “The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13 million more infections globally over two years, according to a report from the World Health Organization publishe...

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Uganda’s Ebola Outbreak Response Discussed

The New York Times (12/8, Dahir) reports that as the Ebola outbreak “swept through central Uganda in late September, government officials were willing to do anything to contain the virus except take one crucial step: impose a lockdown.” Now, officials in...

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Uganda Receives Ebola Vaccine Candidates Set To Be Used In Clinical Trial

Reuters (12/8, Biryabarema) reports, “A shipment of Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial have arrived in Uganda, where an outbreak has infected 142 people and killed at least 56, health authorities said on Thursday.” The World Healt...

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Takeda’s Dengue Vaccine Authorized For Use In EU

Reuters (12/8, Grover) reports, “A dengue vaccine developed by Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co was authorized for use in the European Union on Thursday, making it the second approved inoculation against the mosquito-borne disease that causes m...

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USPSTF Recommends Clinicians Prescribe PrEP For Patients At Increased Risk For HIV

CDC Urges Face Masks As “Tripledemic” Continues

Study Finds Nearly Half Of All S. Pneumoniae Isolates In US Adults Were Resistant To At Least One Drug

Study Finds Pregnant Women With HIV With Access To ART For Life Had Less Than 2% Risk For Vertical Transmission

CDC Recommends Special Flu Shots For Those 65 And Older

WHO, ECDC Warn Against A Streptococcus In Children Across Europe

Drug Resistance In Bacteria Causing Bloodstream Infections Increased During First Year Of Pandemic, WHO Finds

Shortcomings In Hospital Linen Handling Identified As Potential Route Of Contamination In Healthcare-Associated Mucormycosis Outbreak, Investigation Suggests

Adolescent Transition Package Shows Promise In Improving Transition To Independent Care Among Adolescents, Younger Adults With HIV, Trial Shows

Patients With Chronic HBV Infection Show Sustained HBsAg, HBV DNA Loss After 24 Weeks Of Bepirovirsen Therapy, Trial Finds

Demand For Antivirals High Across US Amid Surging Flu Activity

CDC Expands Use Of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines To Include Children Aged Six Months Through Five Years

FDA Authorizes Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines For Young Children

People Who Receive One Or Two Doses Of Jynneos Vaccine Have Reduced Risk For Mpox Than Unvaccinated People, CDC Study Finds

Many Patients With TB Who Are Potentially Eligible For Shorter Therapy Are Treated With Standard Six-Month Courses, Study Finds

COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Disruptions Led To 63,000 Additional Malaria Deaths, 13M Infections, WHO Says

Uganda’s Ebola Outbreak Response Discussed

Uganda Receives Ebola Vaccine Candidates Set To Be Used In Clinical Trial

Takeda’s Dengue Vaccine Authorized For Use In EU

A National Survey of Outpatient Platelet Transfusion Practice