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COVID-19-Related Mortality Shifted Toward Younger Population During Second Year Of Pandemic, Contributing To Increase In Years Of Life Lost, Researchers Say

MedPage Today (11/28, Hamza) reports, “COVID-19-related mortality shifted toward a relatively younger population during the second year of the pandemic, which contributed to an increase in years of life lost, researchers said.” Although “more COVID-relate...

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COVID-19 Symptom, Exposure Screening At Hospital Entrances Turned Away Fewer Than 0.1% Of People At A Single Center, Study Finds

MedPage Today (11/28, Hein) reports, “COVID-19 symptom and exposure screening at hospital entrances turned away fewer than 0.1% of patients, visitors, and health workers, according to a single center’s experience screening nearly 1 million people, raising...

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Omicron Still Driving Up New Coronavirus Cases Across US

The AP (11/25, Ungar) reported that one year after the emergence of Omicron, “the ever-morphing coronavirus mutant drove COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just as Americans gathered for Thanksgiving.” Nationwide, “new COVID cases averaged around...

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NIH Launches Website To Allow People To Anonymously Report At-Home COVID-19 Test Results

ABC News (11/23, Benadjaoud) reported, “The National Institutes of Health has launched a website MakeMyTestCount.org which allows people to anonymously report the results of any brand of at-home COVID-19 test.” The site “is a collaboration between the NIH...

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Experimental Universal Influenza Vaccine Shows Promise In Early Study

Reuters (11/24, Lapid) reported, “An experimental vaccine provided broad protection against all 20 known influenza A and B virus subtypes in initial tests in mice and ferrets, potentially opening a pathway to a universal flu shot that might help prevent f...

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WHO, CDC Warn Measles Is An “Imminent Threat” Worldwide

The Washington Post (11/24, Jeong) reported measles “could be on the verge of a comeback after a lull in the immediate months following the emergence of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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Some Two In Five Cholera Cases In Haiti Are Among Children, UNICEF Says

Reuters (11/23, Morland) reported “some two in five of Haiti’s growing number of cholera cases are among children,” UNICEF “warned on Wednesday, saying youth suffering from severe malnutrition ran three times the risk of dying from the bacterial disease.”...

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People With Long COVID Struggling To Navigate New Treatment Options

The Washington Post (11/25, A1, Sellers) reported “for the burgeoning population of” people with long COVID, “there is an abundance of new treatment options,” but “months-long waits at long-COVID clinics combined with the sluggish pace of research have le...

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Experts In US Raise Concern Over Drug Shortages As Respiratory Illnesses Surge

The New York Times (11/23, Jacobs, Rabin) reported amoxicillin “is in short supply across the” US, “alarming pediatricians and parents as a surge in respiratory illnesses strains hospitals, many of which are still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.” A...

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Condom Use Reportedly Declining Amid Rise In STIs

The Washington Post (11/23, A1, Nirappil) reported, “Public health authorities are confronting a rise in sexually transmitted infections in a world where condom use has steadily declined – and, with it, one of the most effective ways of curbing the spread...

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Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters Better At Preventing Symptomatic COVID-19 Than Previous Shots, CDC Study Finds

Bloomberg Law (11/22, Langreth, Muller, Subscription Publication) reports bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech “that fight the latest omicron variants provide only modest short-term protection against mild infections, and ex...

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Total Of 7.7M Deaths Tied To 33 Bacterial Pathogens In 2019, Study Finds

HealthDay (11/22, Gotkine) reports, “A total of 7.7 million deaths were associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019, comprising 13.6 percent of all global deaths, according to a study” that used “data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and R...

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Opt-Out HIV Testing Effective In Identifying Undiagnosed HIV Cases In Populations With HIV Positivity Rate Greater Than 0.2%, Study Shows

Medscape (11/22, Starr, Subscription Publication) reports study results “indicate that opt-out HIV testing, in particular ‘notional consent testing’ where a patient is not asked or counseled before conducting the test, is an effective tool for identifying...

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White House Announces Six-Week Push To Increase Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Uptake

The Washington Post (11/22, Cha, Sellers) reports that on Tuesday, the White House “announced a six-week push ahead of the winter travel season to increase booster uptake in seniors, minority communities and rural areas – all of which have disproportionat...

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HHS Announces $350M Initiative For HRSA-Supported Health Centers To Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Availability

Bloomberg Law (11/22, Subscription Publication) reports HHS “has announced a $350 million initiative for HRSA-supported health centers to increase Covid-19 vaccine availability in underserved communities, according to” the agency on Tuesday. This “initiat...

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USPSTF Recommends Screening For Latent Tuberculosis Infection In Populations At Increased Risk

HealthDay (11/22) reports, “The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in populations at increased risk.” Based on findings from a 113-publication review, “the USPSTF concludes that there...

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Biden Administration Asks Congress For More Funding For Long COVID Research, Treatment

A Washington Post (11/22, Roubein) analysis says HHS on Monday “released a report on long covid...that includes a sweeping call to help the millions of Americans suffering from the sometimes debilitating condition.” In order to “better fulfill that missio...

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Researchers Turn To New Antibodies As Monoclonal Antibodies Lose Effectiveness Against Coronavirus

The Washington Post (11/21, Johnson) reports monoclonal antibodies “are rapidly losing their healing power” against coronavirus, “forcing researchers around the world to devise new antibodies that are both more potent and more resistant to new variants.”...

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Susceptibility-Weighted MRI Study Finds Differences In Brain Stem, Frontal Lobe Up To Six Months After Patients Had COVID-19

Diagnostic Imaging (11/21, Hall) reports “new research, based on susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, reveals significant differences in the brain stem and frontal lobe up to six months after people had COVID-19.” For the...

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Novavax Terminates COVID-19 Vaccine Sale Deal With Gavi

Reuters (11/21, Leo) reports, “Novavax Inc said on Monday it had delivered a written notice to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, terminating with immediate effect an agreement for the sale of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine to low- and middle-income countries.”...

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COVID-19-Related Mortality Shifted Toward Younger Population During Second Year Of Pandemic, Contributing To Increase In Years Of Life Lost, Researchers Say

COVID-19 Symptom, Exposure Screening At Hospital Entrances Turned Away Fewer Than 0.1% Of People At A Single Center, Study Finds

Omicron Still Driving Up New Coronavirus Cases Across US

NIH Launches Website To Allow People To Anonymously Report At-Home COVID-19 Test Results

Experimental Universal Influenza Vaccine Shows Promise In Early Study

WHO, CDC Warn Measles Is An “Imminent Threat” Worldwide

Some Two In Five Cholera Cases In Haiti Are Among Children, UNICEF Says

People With Long COVID Struggling To Navigate New Treatment Options

Experts In US Raise Concern Over Drug Shortages As Respiratory Illnesses Surge

Condom Use Reportedly Declining Amid Rise In STIs

Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters Better At Preventing Symptomatic COVID-19 Than Previous Shots, CDC Study Finds

Total Of 7.7M Deaths Tied To 33 Bacterial Pathogens In 2019, Study Finds

Opt-Out HIV Testing Effective In Identifying Undiagnosed HIV Cases In Populations With HIV Positivity Rate Greater Than 0.2%, Study Shows

White House Announces Six-Week Push To Increase Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Uptake

HHS Announces $350M Initiative For HRSA-Supported Health Centers To Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Availability

USPSTF Recommends Screening For Latent Tuberculosis Infection In Populations At Increased Risk

Biden Administration Asks Congress For More Funding For Long COVID Research, Treatment

Researchers Turn To New Antibodies As Monoclonal Antibodies Lose Effectiveness Against Coronavirus

Susceptibility-Weighted MRI Study Finds Differences In Brain Stem, Frontal Lobe Up To Six Months After Patients Had COVID-19

Novavax Terminates COVID-19 Vaccine Sale Deal With Gavi