Infection

Updates to CDC recommendations on influenza and COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine formulations will impact your choices during flu season this year.

The end of another quarter means a new list of FDA-approved drugs for primary care. Which ones should you know about?

A Vaccines for Adults program was proposed in the 2023 US federal budget and is proposed again for 2024. It is time for a VFA and this slide show highlights why.

Listen to 2 obesity experts discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obesity-related type 2 diabetes.

More research is needed to determine whether metformin is also effective in patients with lower body mass index or with previous infection, said researchers.

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Children hospitalized for RSV with LRTI during infancy have increased symptoms and lung function abnormalities, including increased resistance and decreased compliance.

Primary care clinicians will often be the first challenged to recognize neurologic sequelae of COVID-19; here's how to maximize short visits to assess long COVID.

Medical director of the NFID William Schaffner, MD, shares 3 things about the RSV vaccine that should be top of mind for primary care clinicians.

Coauthor of a new multidisciplinary guidance statement on assessment of neurologic sequelae of long COVID highlights a consensus on steps to rule the condition out.

The world's first RSV vaccine and the virus surveillance that is missing, PCPs missing opportunities to treat obesity, T2D linked to subclinical CVD, and more news.

The FDA's decision was based on data from the pivotal phase 3 RENOIR trial, which demonstrated the efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of Abrysvo in adults aged ≥60 years.

Researchers found a total of 12 symptoms that contributed to the long COVID scoring system.

Delivering 3 vaccines to older adults is going to be a challenge this fall, says Dr William Schaffner.

The FDA approved Paxlovid™ for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults who are at high risk for progression to severe disease.

Medical director of the NFID William Schaffner, MD, discusses the research behind the FDA's decision to approve the first-ever RSV vaccine.

The novel vaccine, from biopharma company GSK, is approved to prevent RSV-associated lower respiratory tract disease in adults aged ≥60 years.

The US health care provider community continues to do its collective best to cope with the protean condition that is long COVID, according to recent poll findings.

Vowst is the first and only FDA-approved orally administered microbiota-based therapeutic for the prevention of recurrent C. diff infection in adults.

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Results from a prospective birth cohort study show an age-dependent association between RSV infection during infancy and childhood asthma.

When combined, fluvoxamine and inhaled budesonide appear more likely than either agent alone to reduce risk of early COVID-19 becoming severe, say TOGETHER investigators.

The FDA action ends the use of monovalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna in favor of bivalent formulations to simplify the vaccination schedule, said the Agency.

Ensitrelvir fast track status is supported by phase 3 study findings showing resolution of COVID-19 symptoms a full day earlier in those taking the drug vs placebo.

Recent research shows that patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who received ensitrelvir within 5 days of symptom onset saw their symptoms resolve a day earlier than those who received placebo.

Onset of the 2022-2023 RSV season and its end were closer to historical patterns but atypical circulation may continue, say researchers writing in MMWR.

Vaccine side effects are usually trouble when they make the news. But sometimes, an unexpected result has merit. Find out more.

Universal vaccination against chickenpox with a live-attenuated varicella vaccine began 25 years ago. Were concerns about future shingles outbreaks borne out?

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Adding paired serology and sputum to nasal swab/nasopharyngeal swabs RT-PCR increased RSV detection by 50% to 66% on average, respectively.