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News, opinions and meeting coverage in infectious disease.

A photo of an avian influenza antigen rapid test kit.

<乌鸦传媒>With Bird Flu Tests Hard to Get, How Will We Know When to Sound a Pandemic Alarm?

If government doesn't prepare to ramp up testing, U.S. could be caught off guard again

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>COVID-Flu Vax on the Horizon; Counterfeit Diabetes Devices; Surviving Bird Flu

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

FDA APPROVED RSV prefusion F protein-based vaccine (Arexvy) over a microscope image of respiratory syncytial viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Expands Use of RSV Vaccine to Include More Adults

Arexvy now approved for people 50 years and older at increased risk of serious outcomes

Image of a rash on a man's hands

<乌鸦传媒>Make the Diagnosis: His Daughter Gifted Him With This. What is It?

A 35-year-old man presented to the doctor with complaints of fever, sore throat, cough, diarrhea, and a rash that developed over the prior 2 days. Can you diagnose the patient?

Missing Doc Found Dead; Trump's False Insulin Claim; CDC's Bird Flu Study

<乌鸦传媒>Missing Doc Found Dead; Trump's False Insulin Claim; CDC's Bird Flu Study

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A photo of Covid Task Force Ambassador Deborah Birx speaking during the covid pandemic.

<乌鸦传媒>'Uncertainty' Is Indeed a Bad Word: A Second Opinion on Pandemic Communication

Information should be presented to the public using a three-part approach

A photo of a man holding a blisterpack of Paxlovid tablets.

<乌鸦传媒>Paxlovid Fails First Test in Long COVID

Trial had been stopped early for lack of efficacy

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Search for Missing Doctor; Energy Drinks and Sudden Death; Unusual Pandemic Cancers

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A scanning electron microscopy of Bacillus anthracis bacteria spores.

<乌鸦传媒>Texas Rancher Develops Rare Case of Anthrax After Butchering Dead Lamb

"There is no safe way to prepare meat ... from an animal that has died of anthrax, CDC warns

A photo of Republican representative Erin Pare on the House floor of the Raleigh, N.C. Legislative Building.

<乌鸦传媒>North Carolina Lawmakers Add Health Exemption to Bill Limiting Masking

Senate passes bill, House to vote on Tuesday

FDA ADCOMM 2024-2025 formula for COVID-19 vaccines over a photo of a syringe drawing from a vial.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Advisors Give a Hearty Thumbs Up to a COVID Vaccine Based on the JN.1 Strain

"Even with some variation, there's still reasonably good protection"

A photo of a deer tick on a person鈥檚 skin.

<乌鸦传媒>Three-Dose Lyme Vaccine Candidate Stimulates Immunogenicity, Appears Safe

But public acceptance of a vaccine requiring multiple boosters could be problematic, experts say

A photo doxycycline packaging, blisterpack, and a capsule.

<乌鸦传媒>New CDC Guidelines Recommend Doxy PEP to Prevent Bacterial STIs

Clinicians should offer doxy PEP to at-risk gay and bisexual men, transgender women

A screenshot of Anthony Fauci, MD, speaking during this hearing.

<乌鸦传媒>Fauci Denies 'False Accusation' of COVID Origins Cover-Up

Republicans question his interactions with scientists who may have acted improperly

FDA ADCOMM 2024-2025 formula for COVID-19 vaccines over a photo of a syringe drawing from a vial.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel to Consider Which COVID Strain to Target in an Updated Vaccine

The KP.2 subvariant is now dominant in the U.S., FDA staff says in a briefing document

A photo of a man inside a needle exchange van.

<乌鸦传媒>Co-Locating COVID Vaccines, Infection Testing With Syringe Services Shows Success

94% of people completed primary vaccination in this Baltimore-based initiative

A photo of two male farmers talking in a dairy cow barn.

<乌鸦传媒>'Uncertainty' Isn't a Bad Word: U.S. Agencies Must Tighten Up H5N1 Communications

More effective and efficient public messaging is the need of the hour

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Mystery Illness Strikes Aircraft; Fauci to Testify; Michelle Obama's Mother Dies

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A photo of the packaging and vials of the Arexvy respiratory syncytial virus vaccine.

<乌鸦传媒>Guillain-Barre Syndrome Rates After RSV Shots in Sync With Trial Data, CDC Says

But compared with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, GBS was more common than expected

FDA APPROVED mRNA-1345 vaccine (mRESVIA) over a computer rendering of respiratory syncytial viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Approves First mRNA RSV Vaccine

Moderna vaccine indicated for people ages 60 and up

A photo of a syringe drawing from a vial of AstraZeneca covid vaccine.

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Shot After Acute Coronary Syndrome Might Not Prevent Further Events

But lack of additional benefit doesn't undermine the main reason for vaccination

A computer rendering of rotaviruses.

<乌鸦传媒>The Rocky Road to Safe, Effective Rotavirus Vaccines

Despite benefits, rotavirus vaccine uptake lags behind other childhood vaccines

Dairy cows in a barn.

<乌鸦传媒>First U.S. Bird Flu Case With Respiratory Symptoms Emerges

The third human case of H5N1 occurred in a Michigan dairy farm worker

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Fired After Gaza Comments; Sedative-Laced Drugs; 4 Million Chickens Killed

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A computer rendering of COVID viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Shots Could Use Another Update, Study Suggests

Latest vaccines mostly kept up with circulating strains, but dipped against JN.1

<乌鸦传媒>Efforts to Draft an International Pandemic Treaty Falter

Countries unable to agree on how to respond to next global emergency

A photo of dairy cows on a farm in Texas.

<乌鸦传媒>Clues From Bird Flu's Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle

Why did it take so long to recognize the virus on high-tech farms in the world's richest country?

A photo of dairy farm workers exiting a barn of cows.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC Prepping for 'Possibility of Increased Risk to Human Health' From Bird Flu

Approximately 350 recently exposed farm workers are being monitored

A computer rendering of mutating bacteria.

<乌鸦传媒>Antimicrobial Resistance Must Be Addressed Now, Global Experts Warn

"Window of opportunity" is shrinking, expert says

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Congressman's Stroke; Warning on Bear Meat Consumption; Paralysis via Grand Piano

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

ATS over a photo of San Diego Convention Center

<乌鸦传媒>Inhaled Amikacin Shows Promise for Untreated MAC Lung Infections

ARISE lays the ground work for registrational trial of Arikayce in earlier treatment setting

A photo of a blisterpack of vials of Jynneos vaccine.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Less Than 1% of Mpox Cases Occurred After Two Doses of Jynneos Vaccine

Only 25% of people in the U.S. who are eligible for the vaccine have received it

A photo of a box of Gardasil 9 in France.

<乌鸦传媒>Middle School HPV Vaccination Program Boosted Uptake

Offering vaccines in schools improved access in French study, but may not overcome hesitancy

An electron microscope image of an avian influenza A H5N1 virion

<乌鸦传媒>New U.S. Human Case of Bird Flu Reported

H5N1 in Michigan farmworker becomes second human case associated with outbreak in dairy cows

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Matthew Perry's Death Investigated; CDC H5N1 Surveillance; Trump Talks Birth Control

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A photo of a Tamiflu capsule popping from the blisterpack.

<乌鸦传媒>Public Health Preparedness for Bird Flu Varies Widely Across the U.S.

Survey responses not always in line with CDC recommendations

ATS over a photo of San Diego Convention Center

<乌鸦传媒>Two Antibiotic Regimens Are Effective for M. Xenopi Pulmonary Infections

Patients benefited from clarithromycin or moxifloxacin plus rifampin/ethambutol

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Death, Injuries After Turbulence; More Herds with H5N1; Water Cyberattack Warning

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

ATS over a photo of the San Diego Convention Center

<乌鸦传媒>Acetaminophen Fails to Improve Mortality, Need for Organ Support in Sepsis

However, treated patients were less likely to develop ARDS, respiratory dysfunction

A photo of three girls affected by measles in 1949.

<乌鸦传媒>Measles Is Preventable. How Did the World End Up Back Here?

Health professionals must encourage vaccination and fight misinformation

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