Novel Vaccines Promising for Chikungunya, Cytomegalovirus
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- Vaccine candidates for chikungunya virus and for the ubiquitous cytomegalovirus performed well in human clinical trials, researchers reported here at the annual IDWeek meeting.
In two phase III trials, the adjuvanted... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 17, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
I Lost My Baby Brother to RSV, Others Don't Have To
(MedPage Today) -- Over the next few months, most of the U.S. will experience the annual explosion of respiratory infections in children from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). There will be 1.5 million pediatrician visits and nearly 80,000 hospitalizations... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Single Dose of Antibiotic Cured Early Syphilis, Even in Those With HIV
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- One dose of benzathine penicillin G for the treatment of early syphilis was shown to be noninferior to a regimen of three weekly doses a week apart, even among people who are living with HIV, a randomized trial showed... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mixed Signals for Paxlovid and Long COVID Risk in CDC Study
(MedPage Today) -- Use of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) during the acute phase of COVID-19 appeared to significantly reduce the risk of post-COVID conditions (PCCs) in older adults at high risk for severe disease, but may have increased the... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
RSV Vaccine Maintains Efficacy Across Two Seasons in Seniors
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- Efficacy of GSK's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine held strong through two RSV seasons in adults 60 and over, according to new results from the company's pivotal trial.
With a single dose, efficacy of the... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
mRNA Vaccines Tied to Lower Risk of Long COVID in Children
(MedPage Today) -- Boston -- Children who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were up to 48% less likely to develop post-COVID conditions (PCCs) if they did contract the disease, a CDC researcher reported here.
The prospective case-control observational... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Vaccination Tied to Lower Risk of Long COVID in Children
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON – Children who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were up to 48% less likely to develop post-COVID conditions (PCCs) following infection, a CDC researcher reported here.
The prospective case-control observational study... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Breastfeeding Amps Up Maternal Flu Vax Protection for Infants
(MedPage Today) -- Breastfeeding boosted the protective effect of maternal flu vaccination during pregnancy for infants, a large retrospective cohort study showed.
Combined, maternal vaccination plus any exposure to human milk in the first 3 months... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
A Simple Way to Determine if a Patient Is Really Allergic to Penicillin
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON – Patients with a penicillin allergy may be delabeled based on methods that don't require specialist intervention or other more resource-intensive testing, a researcher reported.
In a quality-improvement project... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
The Parasite Heard 'Round the World
(MedPage Today) -- A few weeks back, shock and awe gripped the media after a report in Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) described a 3-inch nematode removed from the brain of a long-suffering woman in Australia.
Honestly? was the initial reaction... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Medical Tourists Bring Home Fatal Fungal Infections
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- A number of U.S. individuals who traveled to Matamoros, Mexico, for surgical procedures requiring anesthesia returned home with a fungal pathogen that caused meningitis -- and a high percentage of the cases resulted... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
ECMO Has Become a Harder Sell in Severe COVID-19
(MedPage Today) -- HONOLULU -- In hindsight, researchers saw more limitations to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and proning, therapies initially touted as helpful for COVID patients in intensive care.
Nationwide hospitalization records... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
ITP Drug Shows Benefit in Hospitalized COVID Patients
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- Fostamatinib (Tavalisse) added to standard care reduced the number of days on supplemental oxygen and improved clinical status in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, the phase III randomized FOCUS trial showed.
In... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New Insights Into Ocular Effects of Coronavirus Infection
(MedPage Today) -- Coronavirus invaded multiple ocular cell types and caused a variety of pathologic changes but, surprisingly, no inflammation, a small autopsy study showed.
Ocular tissue from patients who had COVID-19 at autopsy showed that... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Decolonization in Nursing Homes Cuts the Risk of Dangerous Infections
(MedPage Today) -- Universal decolonization in nursing homes -- by way of a chlorhexidine wash during routine bathing paired with a nasal antiseptic -- reduced the risk of infection-related hospitalizations, a cluster-randomized trial showed... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
