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The authors say viral replication may have triggered a secondary immune response in the rebound cases.
Experts meet next week to discern if the disease represents a global public health emergency.
Automated text messages were as effective as direct phone calls in encouraging study participants to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a JAMA Network Open study yesterday from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,.
The VA study finds, though, that both vaccines have very good safety profiles.
FDA advisers will soon weigh approving vaccines in kids under 5 years old.
Shortages peaked in April 2020, at 2,345, up from 901 shortages 5 years earlier.
Massachusetts, which had the first US case in May, confirms 2 more infections.
Work disruptions related to a lack of childcare in 2020 increased by one-third relative to before the pandemic—especially for caregivers of children with special healthcare needs, low-income families, and those from racial minority groups, estimates a study published today in JAMA Pediatrics.
A study of data from insured US children found that rotavirus vaccination was associated with reduced antibiotic prescribing for acute gastroenteritis, researchers reported last week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Whether receiving the rapid test or not, more than a fourth got antibiotics.
Infants exposed to SARS-CoV-2 before birth had double the risk of neurodevelopmental issues.
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in air samples was genetically identical to human samples in a hospital outbreak.
"Monkeypox cases may present similar to some sexually transmitted infections and could be mistaken for other diagnoses."
Unvaccinated heart-failure patients who contract COVID-19 are three times more likely to die of their infections than their vaccinated and boosted counterparts, concludes a study published yesterday in the Journal of Cardiac Failure.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) announced yesterday that it is collaborating with Indian biopharmaceutical company Bugworks on a phase 1 clinical trial to assess a new class of antibiotic compounds for multidrug-resistant bacteria.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday said it and health officials in multiple state are investigating Salmonella outbreaks tied to backyard poultry that have sickened 219 people, 1 fatally, in 38 states.
"People are dying from preventable infections even though we have an arsenal of drugs."
Vaccine rollout plans include an initial distribution of 10 million doses to kids under 5 years old.
One expert cautions against letting the fear of stigmatization get in the way of clear messages.
The risk of COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory system in children (MIS-C) was significantly lower among vaccinated versus unvaccinated Danish children after infection with the Omicron variant rather than with previous strains, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.
