All articles tagged: Infectious Disease

A number of adults with outpatient medically attended respiratory syncytial virus (MA-RSV) infection experience hospitalization within 28 days, with a higher proportion among high-risk subgroups, according to a study published online Nov. 19 in JAMA Network Open.Suzanne N. Landi, Ph.D., M.P.H., from Pfizer Inc. in New York City, and

A child in California has tested positive for bird flu, despite having no known contact with infected animals, state officials reported Tuesday."California has identified a possible bird flu case in a child in Alameda County who was tested for mild upper respiratory symptoms. The child, who ha

If Congress lets health care tax credits established during the pandemic expire, 4 million Americans will become uninsured, a new analysis warns.The tax credits, which have significantly lowered out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans, are set to expire at the end of 2025."Allowing these credits to expire will force families to c

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Mehmet Oz, M.D., to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.In a statement, Trump said that Oz will "work closely with Robert Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake," The New York Times reported. Trump

Antiviral treatment is underutilized among children and adolescents hospitalized with influenza, according to research published in the Nov. 14 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Using data from two U.S. influenza surveillance networks, Aaron M. Frutos, Ph.D., from the CDC

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women (grade A recommendation). This recommendation forms the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online Nov. 19.Researchers for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Rockville, Maryland, reviewed new ev

Global coverage with measles vaccination declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, and estimated measles cases increased 20 percent worldwide from 2022 to 2023, according to research published in the Nov. 14 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Anna A. Minta, M.D., from the Worl

An E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots has sickened 39 people in 18 states, U.S. health officials reported Sunday.Supplied by California-based Grimmway Farms and sold under popular brand names such as Nature’s Promise, Wegmans and Trader Joe’s, the tainted carrots have left at least one person dead and 15 others hospitalized, the U.S. Cen

As Africa continues to battle an outbreak of the newer "clade Ib" strain of mpox, California officials have confirmed the first known U.S. case of this strain of the virus.The subtype of clade I mpox virus has already caused widespread misery in Congo and other African nations."This case was confirmed in an individual who recently travele

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with a considerable burden of hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and in-hospital deaths among adults, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in JAMA Network Open.Using data from the RSV Hospitalization Surveillance Network, Fiona P. Havers, M.D., from the U.S. C

The frequency of medical board discipline for physician-spread misinformation is low, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in JAMA Network Open.Richard S. Saver, J.D., from the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill, compared the level of professional discipline of physicians for spreading medical misinformat

The burden of superficial cutaneous fungal infections (SCFIs) among outpatient visits in the United States is high and increasing, according to a study published online Oct. 30 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.Sarah L. Spaulding, from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues characterize

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.The department encompasses numerous key agencies, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, Medicaid, and Medicare.In a stat

The number of Americans sickened in an E. coli outbreak tied to slivered onions used on McDonald's Quarter Pounders has now risen to 104, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday.In an update posted on its website, the U.

Patients presenting to emergency departments with opioid overdose have high rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to a study recently published in Cureus.John A. Swift and Julie Stilley, Ph.D., from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine the prevale

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced that a teen in British Columbia has been hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu.It’s not clear how the teenager picked up the H5N1 virus because the patient is not known to have any contact with i

The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States appears to be cooling off after more than two decades, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study says.Gonorrhea cases dropped for a second year in 2023, declinin

Health care facilities should consider initiating or expanding admission screening for Candida auris based on community prevalence rates, according to a study published online Oct. 31 in the American Journal of Infection Control.Aaron Cheng, M.P.H., from Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City, and colleagues exa

COVID-19 is associated with long-term risk for autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders, according to a study published online Nov. 6 in JAMA Dermatology.Yeon-Woo Heo, M.D., from the Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine in South Korea, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine the long-ter

Reactogenicity is comparable for simultaneous and sequential administration of mRNA COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, according to a study published online Nov. 6 in JAMA Network Open.Emmanuel B. Walter, M.D., M.P.H., from the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, and colleagues compared the reactogenicity, safety,

Greater hospital COVID-19 burden is associated with an increased risk for in-hospital adverse events (AEs) among patients with and without COVID-19 in the United States, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in JAMA Network Open.Mark L. Metersky, M.D., from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, and coll

For adults aged 60 years or older, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination is effective for preventing associated hospitalizations and emergency department encounters, according to a study published online Oct. 19 in The Lancet.Amanda B. Payne, Ph.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and collea

Four cases of the more infectious variant of mpox have been reported in the U.K., making it the first cluster of infections that have surfaced outside of Africa.British authorities announced the first case in that country last week, saying the person was being treated at a London hospital after recently traveling to countries in Afric

In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.The World Health Organization first <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-declares-mpox-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency-of-internat

Institutional leaders consider policies about late-career physicians (LCPs; physicians working beyond age 65 to 75 years) to be successful, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Noting that some health care organizations (HCOs) have adopted LCP policies requiring cognitive, physical, and practice

Adults who have received multiple penicillin courses have a modestly lower risk for Parkinson disease (PD), according to a study published in the October issue of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders.Gian Pal, M.D., from the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and colleagues conducted a nested case-cont

In what may be a first for the United States, a regional public health department in Idaho will no longer provide COVID-19 vaccines, following a close vote by its board.“I’m not aware of anything else like this,” said Adriane Casalotti, chief of government and public affairs for the Nati

Countries with COVID-19 pandemic-associated reductions in childhood immunization coverage have not yet recovered, according to research published in the Oct. 31 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Camille E. Jones, Ph.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues present trends

Influenza and 2023 to 2024 COVID-19 vaccination coverage is 80.7 and 15.3 percent, respectively, among health care personnel at acute care hospitals and is lower among health care personnel at nursing homes, according to research published in the Oct. 31 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Repo

Doctors in New York City are chronicling the first known U.S. cases of sexually transmitted ringworm (Trichophyton mentagrophytes).Until now, transmission of the fungal infection through skin-to-skin sexual contact has been rare, although cases have been reported in Southeast Asia and France since 2021, researchers reported. These hav

Injected micronized amnion/chorion bilayer (AC) product significantly reduces time to symptom relief in patients with refractory interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), according to a study published online Oct. 23 in&nbsp;International Urology &amp; Nephrology.Kyle O’Hollaren, from Wayne State University School of Medic

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cows in the United States, a case of H5N1 has now been confirmed for the first time in a pig."The U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] and Oregon&nbsp;state veterinary officials are investigating positive cases of H5N1 in a backyard farming operation in Oregon that has a mix of poultry

Onions spread on McDonald's Quarter Pounders are the definite source of an outbreak of E. coli illness that has now affected 90 people nationwide, new evidence from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows."Epidemiologic and traceback information show that fresh, slivered onions are the likely source of illness in this outbrea

Influenza-associated hospitalization rates vary across seasons, and only returned to recent pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in the 2022-2023 influenza season, according to research published in the Oct. 31 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Angelle Naquin, M.P.H., from the C

The World Health Organization reports that tuberculosis (TB) cases hit a record high in 2023, with more than 8 million diagnoses and 1.25 million deaths, meaning it is once again the leading cause of death from infectious disease after COVID-19 displaced it briefly during the pandemic."The fact that TB still kills and sickens so many people i

For children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), according to a study published online Oct. 28 in JAMA Network Open.Ting Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylva

Many Medicare beneficiaries are at risk for financial hardship from the costs of a single hospital stay, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Paula Chatterjee, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and colleagues identified beneficiaries who would face

Health officials are investigating the case of an Iowa resident who died of Lassa fever after traveling recently to West Africa.The Ebola-like virus is rarely seen in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."The CDC and the Iowa Department of Health are investigating a suspected case of Lassa f

McDonald's Quarter Pounder beef patties have tested negative for E. coli contamination as an outbreak that has sickened 75 people in 13 states continues, the company announced Sunday.Federal health officials had already identified slivered onions that had been used on the burgers as the likely culprit in the outbreak, which has landed 22 people

An outbreak of E. coli illness linked to onions used in McDonald's Quarter Pounders has expanded to now include 75 cases across 13 states, U.S. health officials announced Friday.That's up from 49 cases in 10 states reported on Monday. The three new states with illnesses are Michigan, New Mexico and Washington."Of 61 people with informatio

Delabeling patients with syphilis who believe they are allergic to penicillin is safe, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma &amp; Immunology, held from Oct. 24 to 28 in Boston.Aiwei Yan, M.D., from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues retrospec

With onions from one supplier implicated as the source of E. coli illness linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, other fast food chains are now pulling the onions from their menus.Representatives for Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut&nbsp;all told NBC News that some of their restaurants will remove the onions from their menus.</

A second person in Missouri who wasn't exposed to either poultry or dairy cows has been infected with bird flu, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.This person shared a home with a patient who was first hospitalized with bird flu in August, but antibody tests have since shown that symptomatic health care workers who cared for the patient wer

Some Americans should get more than one shot of the updated COVID vaccines because their age or certain health conditions make them more vulnerable to severe infections, U.S. health officials advised this week.Six months after their first shot, people 65 and older and those who are immunocompromised should receive a second dose of the&nbsp;vacci

The&nbsp;annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America&nbsp;was held this year from Oct. 16 to 19 in Los Angeles, drawing participants from around the world, including scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals. The conference featured education courses and comprehensive educational programs that focused on the latest advances i

Just days after an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders was first announced, a company producing onions used in the burgers said it has issued a recall for its diced, peeled and whole onions.The onions were produced at Taylor Farms Colorado and have been pinpointed by McDonalds as the source of the outbreak, which has already s

The recommended first age at which Americans should get the pneumococcal vaccine has been lowered from 65 to 50, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday."Lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination gives more adults the opportunity to protect themselves from pneumococcal disease at the age when risk of infecti

One year of valacyclovir is beneficial for patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, held from Oct. 18 to 21 in Chicago.Elisabeth Cohen, M.D., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health in New York City, and colleagues con

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Michelle Tarver to head its division that oversees medical devices.The appointment of a new director for the <a href="https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/center-devices-and-r

An E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has sickened 49 people in 10 states, killing one and landing 10 more in the hospital.Most of the illnesses have been reported in Colorado and Nebraska, and one child developed a serious complication known as <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16470-hemolytic-uremic-s

A novel calculator allows facilities to staff their infection prevention and control program based on individual factors, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in the&nbsp;American Journal of Infection Control.Rebecca Bartles, Dr.P.H., from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Center for Rese

Treehouse Foods Inc. has recalled dozens of frozen waffle products because of potential listeria contamination.The recalled products were distributed throughout the United States and Canada and packed in various formats, the company said in its <a href="https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/treehouse-foods-announce

Four farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the sixth in the country to report human H5N1 infections this year."These are the first presumed human cases of H5 virus under investigation in Washington state," the state department of health sai

Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections with antibiotics for seven days is noninferior to treating for 14 days, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDWeek), held from Oct. 16 to 19 in &nbsp;Los Angeles.Nick Daneman, M.D., and Rob Fowler, M.D., from the University

Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use increased between 2013 and 2023, according to a research letter published online Oct. 14 in the&nbsp;Journal of the American Medical Association.Laura M. Mann, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues used the IQVIA Real-World Longitudinal Presc

Walking pneumonia cases are surging among young children in the United States, federal health officials warn."Bacterial infections caused by&nbsp;Mycoplasma pneumoniae&nbsp;increased in the United States since late spring and have remained high," a <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/mycoplasma-pneumoniae-infections-have-been-i

During the 2023-2024 school year, fewer U.S. kindergarteners had complete vaccinations than in prior years, according to a study published in the Oct. 17 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&nbsp;Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Ranee Seither, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlan

Vaccination for influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is less likely with an increasing social vulnerability index (SVI) and Black race, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDWeek), held from Oct. 16 to 19 in Los Ange

The Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccine, licensed in the United States to prevent smallpox and mpox, is well tolerated and seems effective in adolescents, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDWeek), held from Oct. 16 to 19 in Los Angeles.Catherine Mary Healy

Implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) order set increases compliance with the recommended duration of prescribed antibiotics for children with acute otitis media (AOM), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDWeek), held from Oct. 16 to 19 in Los Angeles.Joana Dimo, D.

Exposure to maternal COVID-19 is not associated with abnormal neurodevelopmental screening results through 24 months postpartum, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in JAMA Network Open.Eleni G. Jaswa, M.D., from University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues assessed whether in utero exposure to maternal COVID-19 i

THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) --&nbsp;In a recent study, half of all patients with sepsis admitted to an emergency department died within two years, but the predictive ability of a model was poor, according to a study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress, held Oct. 12 to 16 in Copenhagen, Denmark.Osama Bin Abdullah, M.D., Ph.D., from Slagelse Hospital in Denm

Thousands more U.S. lives could have been saved with the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP), according to a study published online Oct. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Quigly Dragotakes, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, and colleagues conducted meta-analyses of randomized

A national recall of meat and poultry has been expanded to include close to 12 million pounds of products that may have been contaminated with listeria, U.S. health officials announced.In addition, the updated recall</a

From 1999 to 2019, there was a decrease in the sepsis-related mortality rate (SRMR) in children overall and across demographic groups, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDWeek), held from Oct. 16 to 19 in Los Angeles.Ladonna Boasiako, M.D., M.P.H., from Brandywine, Maryland, a

COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a reduced risk for most cardiovascular events, but with slightly increased risks of extrasystoles and transient ischemic attack, as well as myocarditis and pericarditis after mRNA vaccination, according to a study published online Sept. 30 in the European Heart Journal.Yiyi Xu, Ph.D., from the

During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) period, excess mortality occurred in all racial and ethnic groups, but disparities were observed, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in JAMA Network Open.Jeremy Samuel Faust, M.D., from Mass General Brigham in Boston, and colleagues characterized overall and age-specific al

The risk for an incident diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increased in the six months following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in JAMA Network Open.Margaret G. Miller, from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, a

Public concerns about contracting RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have significantly declined during the past year, a new survey shows.About 1 in 4 people (26%) are now worried that they or a family member will get RSV during the next three months, the Ann

Lithium aspartate is not effective for neurologic post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) symptoms of fatigue and cognitive dysfunction, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in JAMA Network Open.Thomas Guttuso Jr., M.D., from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo in Williamsville, New York, an

For patients aged 18 to 64 years with chronic diseases, electronically delivered letter nudges increase influenza vaccination rates compared with usual care, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Niklas Dyrby Johansen, M.D., Ph.D., from Copenhagen University Hospital -- Herlev a

More than half of U.S. physician peer reviewers for the most influential medical journals receive industry payments, according to a research letter published online Oct. 10 in the&nbsp;Journal of the American Medical Association.David-Dan Nguyen, M.P.H., from the University of Toronto, and colleagues characterized payments by drug and m

Oklahoma meat processor BrucePac is recalling close to 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry&nbsp;that may have been contaminated with the Listeria bacterium.In an announcement updated this week by the U.

The presence of persistent antigen is associated with having postacute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) symptoms, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in&nbsp;Clinical Microbiology and Infection.Zoe Swank, Ph.D., from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and colleagues assessed the proportion of individuals with detectable antig

Hospitalization for COVID-19 represents a coronary artery disease risk equivalent, contributing to an increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), according to a study published online Oct. 9 in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.James R. Hilser, from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of S

Social risk factors are associated with decreased odds of receiving preventive services such as mammograms, Papanicolaou (Pap) tests, flu or pneumococcal vaccines, and colonoscopies, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in&nbsp;JAMA Network Open.Tamara Schroeder, M.D., from the University of California, Davis, and colleagues exa

Lack of knowledge of antibiotic risks contributes to primary care patients' expectations of antibiotics for common symptoms, according to a study published online in the September/October issue of the&nbsp;Annals of Family Medicine.Lindsey A. Laytner, Ph.D., from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and colleagues conducted a surv

As health officials work furiously to stem the spread of Marburg virus in Rwanda, U.S. health officials announced Monday that all passengers flying from that country to the United States will soon be screened for the often deadly disease."Starting the week of October 14, CDC [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] will begin public hea

A one-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program is projected to prevent a similar number of cervical cancers as a two-dose program, according to a study published online Oct. 7 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association.Mélanie Drolet, Ph.D., from the Université Laval in Québec City, and colleagues used an individ

Based on data from Southern Hemisphere countries, a low proportion of patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) were vaccinated against influenza, according to research published in the Oct. 3 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Erica E. Zeno,

Immunity against mpox may be waning for those vaccinated with the modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN; Jynneos) vaccine, according to a research letter published online Oct. 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Ai-ris Y. Collier, M.D., from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues as

As an outbreak of bird flu among dairy cows continues to spread in the United States, two more cases have been reported in dairy workers, this time in California.These are the first human cases of bird flu reported in that state and the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the country this year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio

U.S. racial disparities in mortality decreased from 1999 to 2015 for Black men and to 2011 for Black women, followed by stagnation or regression, according to a study published online Sept. 30 in&nbsp;JAMA Network Open.Adith S. Arun, from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues sought to compare excess age

In yet another sign that childhood vaccinations can't be taken for granted, new government data show that a record number of kindergartners were exempted from the required shots during the last school year.That leaves more than 125,000 new students without the protection of at least one childhood vaccine, even as measles vaccination rates among

A rare, highly contagious Ebola-like virus has claimed eight lives in Rwanda, and U.S. health officials are closely monitoring the outbreak.Marburg virus causes a rare hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment.No cases related to the Rwanda outbreak have been reported in the United States, and the current risk to Ameri

Measles cases in England are consistent with the waning of vaccine-induced immunity, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in The Lancet Public Health.Alexis Robert, Ph.D., from the London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine, and colleagues examined whether measles dynamics observed in England between 2010 and 2019 were

In what could be the first cases of bird flu spreading between humans in the United States, a group of potential H5N1 infections in Missouri has now grown to eight.Antibody tests to confirm any H5N1 infection are still pending.After a patient with bird flu was hospitalized last month, state and federal health officials first determined t

In the 2023 to 2024 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season, more than half of infants were protected by maternal RSV vaccine, nirsevimab, or both, according to research published in the Sep. 26 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Hilda Razzaghi, Ph.D., from the CDC in Atl

For infants and young children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, ziresovir reduces signs and symptoms of bronchiolitis, according to a study published in the Sept. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.Shunying Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., from Beijing Children's Hospital, and colleagues enrolled participan

Children born in 2020 to 2021 had lower coverage with nearly all childhood vaccines recommended by age 24 months than those born in 2018 and 2019, according to research published in the Sep. 26 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Holly A. Hill, M.D., Ph.D., from the CDC i

The free COVID-19 tests promised by the U.S. government are now available."U.S. households will be eligible to order four free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov," according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "The COVID-19 tests will detect current COVID-19 variants and can be used through the end of the year."More than

Children with prenatal pandemic exposure and/or exposure to maternal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection do not have increased rates of positive Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised (M-CHAT-R) screenings, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in JAMA Network Open.Morgan R. Fir

There's been one more death linked to listeria illness from tainted deli meats made by Boar's Head, bringing the death toll to 10.The latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded an additional death in New York State.Over

The U.S. government is offering another round of free COVID-19 tests, which will be available by the end of September."U.S. households will be eligible to order four free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov," according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "The COVID-19 tests will detect current COVID-19 variants and can be used

Cockroach and mouse allergen exposure may predispose children with asthma to upper respiratory infections (URIs) and worse respiratory outcomes, according to a study published online Aug. 19 in the&nbsp;Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.Darlene Bhavnani, Ph.D., from the University of Texas at Austin, and colleagues examined

Most Americans don’t plan to get vaccinated against the flu or COVID-19 this season, a new survey has found.Fewer than two in five U.S. adults (38%) say they will definitely get a flu jab, and only one in four (26%) say they’ll get the updated COVID v

Maternal influenza infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for seizures and febrile convulsions in offspring, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in JAMA Network Open.Yi-Feng Lee, M.D., from Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, and colleagues examined the association between maternal influen

Extreme temperature-related deaths are projected to increase considerably by the mid-21st century in the contiguous United States, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in JAMA Network Open.Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and colleagues exa

Another health care worker who was exposed to a Missouri patient who tested positive for bird flu developed respiratory symptoms but wasn't tested for the flu, U.S. health officials reported Friday.The news is rekindling worries of person-to-person transmission of the H5N1 bird flu strain.The week before, the U.S. Centers for Disease Con

Influenza vaccination in successive pregnancies is not associated with increased risk for prespecified adverse perinatal outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 19 in JAMA Network Open.Darios Getahun, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., from Kaiser Permanente Southern California in Pasadena, and colleagues conducted a retrospective coho

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the FluMist nasal vaccine for self-administration at home.It is a "new option for receiving a safe and effective seasonal influenza vaccine potentially with greater convenience, flexibility, and accessibility for individuals and families," Peter Marks, M.D., director of the FDA Center fo

From 1990 to 2021, the burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) decreased for those younger than 5 years and increased for those older than 70 years, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in The Lancet.Mohsen Naghavi and colleagues from the GBD 2021 Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators estimated all-age and age-specific deat

Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.In figures&nbsp;published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 291 cases were reported

The findings from influenza A virus and H5 subtype monitoring of wastewater have been published in the Sep. 19 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Souci Louis, V.M.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues present the results of monitoring influenza A virus levels and d

Among military children, there has been an improvement in vaccine completion and timeliness, but the risk for noncompletion is higher among children born to younger parents and those with a well-child care location change, according to a study published online Sept. 19 in Pediatrics.Celeste J. Romano, from the Naval Health Research C

After severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, prevalent metformin use is associated with a slightly lower incidence of death or postacute sequalae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), according to a study published online Sept. 17 in Diabetes Care.Steven G. Johnson, Ph.D., from the University of Minnesota in Minneapo

COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis (C-VAM) has a mild initial clinical course, but myocardial injury is common, according to a study published online in the October issue of eClinicalMedicine.Supriya S. Jain, M.D., from New York Medical College-Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, and colle

On a global scale, people with epilepsy reported low rates of COVID-19 early in the pandemic, according to a study published online Sept. 3 in Epilepsia Open.Michael J. Vasey, from the East London NHS Foundation Trust in Bedford, United Kingdom, and colleagues conducted separate surveys of people with epilepsy (2,105 from 53 countrie

The Los Angeles area is seeing a troubling increase in local dengue fever cases, health officials warned Wednesday.In a public notice posted on its website, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department said at least three people have fallen

A new prognostic model can predict and stratify hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in noncirrhotic adult patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), according to a study published online Sept. 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Gi-Ae Kim, M.D., Ph.D., from Kyung Hee University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues developed

One dose of modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccine is moderately effective against mpox infection in at-risk communities, according to a study published online Sept. 11 in The BMJ.Christine Navarro, M.D., from Public Health Ontario in Toronto, and colleagues estimated the real-world effectiveness of the MVA-BN vacci

In a disclosure that can't eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first time, U.S. health officials have reported that a person who lived with a Missouri resident infected with H5N1 became sick the same day.That close contact "was also ill at the same time, was not tested, and has since recover

For persons diagnosed with HIV (PWH) aged 50 years and older, progress on quality of life (QoL) goals is limited, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Linda Beer, Ph.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and colleagues examined progress toward goals for improvin

Boar's Head announced Friday that its Jarratt, Va. deli meat manufacturing plant, found to be the source of a deadly outbreak of listeria infections, will be closed indefinitely.Boar's Head added that it also believes it has located the source of contamination."Our investigation has identified the root cause of the contamination as a sp

Implementation of opt-out emergency department syphilis screening leads to a dramatic increase in screening and diagnosis, especially among pregnant individuals, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in&nbsp;Open Forum Infectious Diseases.Kimberly A. Stanford, M.D., from University of Chicago, and colleagues examined trends in

In a case that continues to confound scientists, U.S. health officials said Thursday that they still don't know how a Missouri patient caught the bird flu and that the case may just be a rare anomaly. As bird flu continues to spread through dairy cow herds and poultry flocks, the <a href="https://www.healthday.com/health-news/infectious-d

It could be a real breakthrough for people at risk for HIV infection: A shot given every six months that reduces their risk by a whopping 96%.That's according to new trial results released Thursday by Gilead Sciences, which is repurposing its HIV treatment, the antiviral lenacapavir, as a twice-yearly preventive shot.There's a catch, h

A lot of Americans are on the fence regarding annual flu and COVID shots, a new survey finds.More than one-third of those polled (37%) said they’d gotten vaccines in the past but don’t plan to this year, according to results from a nationwide Ohio State

Hypertonic saline (HS) nose drops reduce the duration of symptoms associated with viral upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in children, according to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress, held from Sept. 7 to 11 in Vienna.Steve Cunningham, from&nbsp;University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and colleagues investiga

Across hospital types, there is a comparably detrimental relationship between COVID-19 caseload and patient survival, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Maniraj Neupane, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues conducted a r

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) within one year of total hip arthroplasty is associated with a more than fivefold increased risk for mortality within 10 years, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in the&nbsp;Journal of Bone &amp; Joint Surgery.Raman Mundi, M.D., from the Sunnybrook Research Institute at the University of

In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American College of Gastroenterology and published in the September issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, recommendations are presented for the treatment of patients with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection.William D. Chey, M.D., from Michigan Medicine i

At least 65 people in nine states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs, U.S. health officials report."The nine states include the three states where the eggs were sold -- Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin -- in addition to California, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Utah and Virginia," the U.S. Centers for Disease Contro

A case of bird flu has been confirmed in a Missouri resident who had no known contact with dairy cows, poultry or wild birds, U.S. health officials report."The patient, who was hospitalized, had underlying medical conditions, was treated with influenza antiviral medications, subsequently discharged and has recovered," the U.S. Centers for Dise

As mpox continues to spread in Africa, Congolese authorities said Thursday that the first batch of vaccines have arrived in that country's capital.The shipment comes three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-de

Girls with mental illness and neurodevelopmental conditions have lower uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, according to a study published in the September issue of The Lancet Public Health.Kejia Hu, Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues conducted a population-based cohort study to examine the

For older adults, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination is effective against RSV hospitalization, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Diya Surie, M.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues examined RSV vaccine effectiven

The risk for 30-day readmission is high for adult sepsis survivors discharged to skilled nursing facilities, home health care, and home, according to a study published in the Sept. 1 issue of the American Journal of Critical Care.Priscilla Hartley, D.N.P., R.N., from the College of Nursing at Augusta University in Athens, Georgia, and

Liver grafts from hepatitis C virus-positive (HCV+) donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors have one-year patient and graft survival comparable with that of donation after brain death (DBD) liver grafts from donors with or without HCV infection, according to a study published online Aug. 22 in&nbsp;Transplantation.Sai Rithin Pu

A number of U.S. travelers returning from Cuba have been diagnosed with Oropouche virus, according to research published in the Aug. 27 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Noting that there have been reports of two deaths in patients with Oropouche virus infec

Demographic factors significantly influence long COVID symptom severity, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in&nbsp;JRSM Open.David Sunkersing, Ph.D., from University College London, and colleagues investigated long COVID symptoms self-reported (Nov. 30, 2020, to March 23, 2022) via a digital application from 1,008 individual

The first known U.S. cluster of cases of bird flu in humans has been recorded at two poultry facilities in Colorado, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Thursday.The nine infected workers experienced mild symptoms only, and all were infected through close contact with sickened poultry, not person-to-person, the CDC sa

Patients with post-COVID-19 mRNA vaccination myocarditis show a lower frequency of cardiovascular complications than those with conventional myocarditis or post-COVID-19 myocarditis at 18 months, according to a study published online Aug. 26 in the&nbsp;Journal of the American Medical Association.Laura Semenzato, from the French Natio

The death toll from listeria linked to tainted Boar's Head deli meats has risen to nine, with six more fatalities reported Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Deaths have now occurred in Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.Cases of bacterial illness tied to the recall

Adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection have an increased risk for hospitalization, according to a study published online in the August issue of The&nbsp;American Journal of Gastroenterology.Ryan A. Smith, M.D., from University of Wisconsin in Madison, and colleagu

High adherence to the Mediterranean diet may protect against COVID-19, with unclear benefits for symptoms and severity, according to a review published online Aug. 21 in&nbsp;PLOS ONE.Ceria Halim, M.D., from Universitas Sumatera Utara in Indonesia, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to understand the association

Physicians who adopt team-based documentation, defined as use of coauthored documentation with another clinical team member, experience increased visit volume and reduced documentation time, according to a study published online Aug. 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Nate C. Apathy, Ph.D., from the University of Maryland School of Public He

As an mpox outbreak continues to rage in Africa, the World Health Organization on Monday launched a six-month plan to quell its spread.“The mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries can be controlled, and can be stopped,” WHO Director-General <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/team/t/tedros-adhanom-gh

In 2023, vaccination coverage for adolescents with all routine vaccines was similar to coverage in 2022, according to research published in the Aug. 22 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Cassandra Pingali, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues analyzed data from t

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped millions of Americans navigate the health challenges of the pandemic, is recovering at home after being hospitalized for a West Nile infection.Fauci should make a full recovery, a spokesperson told the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity due to security concerns.In a <a href="https://x.com

As a summer surge in COVID cases begins to ebb and Americans brace themselves for yet another wave of infections this winter, more free COVID tests will soon be available to all, federal health officials announced Friday.Starting in late September, every U.S. household can order up to four nasal swab tests when the federal program reopens, accor

Comprehensive human papillomavirus (HPV) screening, including genotyping, is important in urology and fertility clinics, according to a study published online Aug. 23 in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.Carolina Olivera, Ph.D., from the FOCIS Center of Excellence Centro de Inmunología Clínica de Córdoba in Argentina, and

People with HIV can no longer be turned away if they try to enlist in the U.S. military, a federal judge has ruled.The decision, issued this week by U.S. District Judge L

Postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (PASC) can be identified using an index of symptoms, which differs for school-aged children and adolescents, according to a study published online Aug. 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Rachel S. Gross, M.D., from the NYU G

Updated shots to shield against COVID-19 infection were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.This year's approval for the updated mRNA vaccines comes much sooner than happened in 2023, when fall vaccines were authorized on Sept. 1

Increased activity of the insect-borne Oropouche virus has prompted warnings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for travelers to South America and the Caribbean.Oropouche virus has caused two deaths and five cases of fetal death or birth defects a

On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to small turtles.So far, 51 cases of Salmonella have been reported in 21 states. In almost half of cases, the illness has been so severe as to require hospitalization, although no deaths have been reported. Babie

Updated COVID-19 vaccines may receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week.Two sources familiar with the issue told CNN that updated mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer that target the KP.2 variant could be greenlit as early as this week. The news agency said the sources declined to be named because informati

As syphilis cases surge throughout the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first diagnostic at-home test to spot the bacterial disease."This is the first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect Treponema pallidum [syphilis] antibodies in human blood," the FDA said in a <a href="https://www.fda.go

For children with recurrent respiratory tract infections (rRTIs), serum antibody levels are not associated with respiratory disease severity, but salivary polyreactive immunoglobulin (Ig)A and Haemophilus influenzae are associated with severity, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the European Respiratory Journal.Mi

Herpes zoster (HZ) is associated with an increased long-term risk for subjective cognitive decline (SCD), according to a study published online Aug. 14 in Alzheimer's Research &amp; Therapy.Tian-Shin Yeh, M.D., Ph.D., from Taipei Medical University in Taiwan, and colleagues prospectively examined the association between HZ and subsequen

As an outbreak of a new strain of mpox continues in Africa, Sweden announced Thursday that it has confirmed the first case in that country.Known as the clade I strain, this latest iteration of mpox appears to be spread more easily and cause more severe disease, experts say."A person who sought care at Region Stockholm has been diagnosed w

The World Health Organization on Wednesday made the rare move of declaring an ongoing African outbreak of mpox a global health emergency.A new clade (strain) of the virus, plus its troubling spread throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and nearby countries in central Africa, drove the declaration, said WHO director general <a href=

The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, which provides recommended vaccines at no cost to eligible children, has increased childhood vaccination coverage, but coverage is still lower than among non-VFC-eligible children, according to a Vital Signs report published Aug. 13 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity

In a health alert issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency said it has received reports of higher test positivity rates for parvovirus B19 in recent months: The proportion of people with antibodies indicating recent infection, which fell below 3 percent from 2022 to 2024, spiked to 10 percent in June.But child

Most clinicians show positive attitudes toward education in climate change, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in&nbsp;JAMA Network Open.Wynne Armand, M.D., from the Center for the Environment and Health at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues evaluated whether a quality incentive program measure for cli

There is a significant association between hospitalized patients returning home and an increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among their family members, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.Aaron C. Miller, Ph.D., from the Universi

Routine clinical laboratory values do not serve as biomarkers for postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (PASC), according to a study published online Aug. 13 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Kristine M. Erlandson, M.D., from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in A

Sulfonamide antibiotics and cephalosporins are most strongly associated with serious cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs), according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Erika Y. Lee, M.D., from the University of Toronto, and colleagues explored the risk for serious cADRs associated w

Childhood vaccinations continue to provide substantial health and economic benefits, according to research published in the Aug. 8 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Noting that the U.S. Vaccines for Children (VFC) program has covered the cost of vaccines for children whose

The death toll from listeria linked to tainted Boar's Head deli meats has risen to three, with nine more cases of the bacterial illness reported in the outbreak, an update issued Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.The total case cou

The incidence rate of hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfection was 4.7 per 100 person-years among men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV who cleared HCV, according to a study published online July 18 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.Daniel S. Fierer, M.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues co

ChatGPT is not accurate as a diagnostic tool, but does offer some medical educational benefits, according to a study published online July 31 in&nbsp;PLOS ONE.Ali Hadi, from the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues investigated ChatGPT’s diagnostic accuracy and utili

U.S. doctors should be on the lookout for a more severe strain of mpox that is spreading widely in parts of Africa, federal health officials warned Wednesday.The&nbsp;alert,&nbsp;issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, came just hours after the World Health Org

There is a complex interaction among social determinants of health with mortality risk, but a scoring system is able to identify subgroups with a high risk for mortality, according to a study published online Aug. 5 in BMJ Open.Marie-Pier Bergeron-Boucher, Ph.D., from the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics at Syddansk Uni

U.S. adults lost trust in physicians and hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online July 31 in&nbsp;JAMA Network Open.Roy H. Perlis, M.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined how trust in physicians and hospitals changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis incl

Discordant diagnoses from initial presentation to discharge occur in more than half of patients hospitalized and treated for pneumonia, according to a study published online Aug. 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Barbara E. Jones, M.D., from the University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA Healthcare System, and colleagues examined the ev

Stringent state-level COVID-19 restrictions were associated with substantial decreases in pandemic mortality, according to a study published online July 26 in JAMA Health Forum.Christopher J. Ruhm, Ph.D., from the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, examined how state rest

Mpox cases have soared by 160% in Africa this year, as a lack of both vaccines and treatments hamper efforts to slow the spread of the virus.In a report released by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, officials said that mpox has now been detec

Wearing a surgical mask in public spaces is associated with a reduced risk for self-reported symptoms consistent with a respiratory infection, according to a study published online July 24 in The BMJ.Runar Barstad Solberg, Ph.D., from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo, and colleagues conducted a pragmatic randomized su

A recall of Boars Head deli meats has been broadened to include an additional 7 million pounds of products because they may also be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, U.S. officials announced Tuesday.The <a href="https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/boars-head-provisions-co--expands-recall-ready-eat-meat-and-poult

New-onset cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) are rare beyond two weeks following infusion of CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T)-cell therapies, according to a study published online July 23 in Blood Advances.Noting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration