The investigational metabolic modulator AXA1125 was tied to significantly less physical and cognitive fatigue, a small study finds.
The study results were announced at the 35th International Papillomavirus Conference in Washington, DC, this week.
Shielded people had a slightly higher known infection rate—5.9% versus 5.7%—compared with controls.
The proportion of residents who received benefits without a preceding 3-day hospitalization rose from 3% to 18% from 2020 to 2021.
The BQ.1.1 and XBB SARS-CoV-2 subvariants evade monoclonal antibodies but not the antiviral drugs remdesivir, molnupiravir, and Paxlovid.
Rise of the multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen was driven primarily by COVID-19 surges and mechanical ventilation, the authors say.
Early in COVID-19, rates of lung and breast cancer screenings among Medicare enrollees were 24% and 17%, respectively, below expected rates, rising to -14% and -4% later on.
Over the first 2 years of the pandemic, global antibiotic sales increases were linked with rises in COVID-19 cases.
Early during COVID-19, 622 more US physicians died than expected, but no excess deaths occurred after April 2021, when vaccines were broadly available.
Adults hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infections in Switzerland died at 1.5 times the rate of those diagnosed as having influenza A or B.
The study found high levels of multidrug-resistant E coli in wastewater samples from a nursing home in South Australia.
Researchers also examined timing of maternal vaccination and the possibility of a blunting effect after infants got their pertussis shots.
Although bacterial co-infections were identified infrequently in hospitalized US COVID-19 patients, they were associated with more than double the risk of death.
Researchers say new cleaning and disinfection methods that can better eradicate C difficile spores could help reduce the risk of healthcare transmission.
Among 5 Nipah cases, 2 have proved fatal, and officials are following up with 77 high-risk contacts.
Safety and immunogenicity profiles were similar to those seen in adult studies.
The authors said the findings should encourage people to get vaccinated against RSV this year.
The NASEM emphasizes that long COVID can follow asymptomatic, mild, or severe cases of COVID-19.
US policymakers need to target their distribution approach to providing access to life-saving medical supplies in shortage, the authors say.
Nearly half of all physically able vaccine seekers (47%) could walk to COVID-19 vaccination sites within 15 minutes, and 87% could do so within 60 minutes.
FEMA has said it expects to fulfill funding obligations for the pandemic through August 2026.
A total of 15,700 death certificates listed COVID-19 as a contributing condition, and 3 of 4 recorded a COVID-19 complication or pre-existing condition as the cause.
The authors said 2021 was the first year since their creation that SDGs had a marked decline in progress.
Though previous trials have shown high vaccine effectiveness, most trialed adults were 75 years or older.
