Children with a vaccine-hesitant parent varied by vaccine: 56% for COVID, 31% for flu, 30% for HPV, and 12% for other childhood illnesses.
A lower risk of severe COVID-19 reinfection and hospitalization was seen with a longer time since dengue infection.
The effects were especially apparent among 16-year-olds, those with parents with lower educational attainment, and those with lower genetic susceptibility to depression.
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.
Researchers found a 43% drop in DR-TB case notifications in a South African province after COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented.
Two wastewater systems show high levels across most of the country.
Compared to influenza, COVID-19 patients had longer ICU stays.
The trial to identify correlates of protection for COVID vaccines will take place at about 20 Walgreens sites, ranging from urban to rural.
Extremely and moderately preterm births were lower during the pandemic period, but late preterm births were higher.
Researchers found no significant difference at 3 months or at 12-month follow-up.
Those at greater risk included female physicians, older doctors, medical residents, and those in emergency medicine and family practice.
Overall, there was high vaccine uptake in the sample, with 88% of parents and 80% of youth receiving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Wastewater levels are at the very high level nationally, but show downward trends in the South and Midwest.
The odds of myocarditis were 61% lower in flu and 85% lower in RSV than with COVID-19.
About half of the claims were related to COVID vaccine, but the vast majority of money paid for claims—$6.5 million—was for harms tied to the H1N1 flu vaccine.
The WHO says it is monitoring some JN.1-related variants, still in low proportions, that might have more immune escape than XEC.
Further tests found seasonal flu, rhinovirus, COVID, and other common respiratory viruses, alongside malaria and complications from malnutrition.
RSV activity remains high, with pediatric hospitalizations increasing across most of the country.
Eighty-seven percent of hospitalizations and 89% of resident deaths took place before widespread vaccination.
Participants who received at least 1 COVID-19 vaccine booster dose had a 30% lower risk of long-COVID symptoms than their unvaccinated peers.
Shionogi will receive $375 million to develop a long-acting protease inhibitor designed to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in people who are immune compromised.
Researchers observed lower rates of use among Black and Hispanic patients than among White patients.
As flu test positivity crept upward, emergency department visits increased slightly among children and adolescents.
Three genome sequences identified 2 variants of concern: Alpha in a maned wolf and a fallow deer and Omicron in a western lowland gorilla.
The authors establish that text messages sent with an ownership frame, "your [vaccine] is ready for you," were associated with higher vaccine uptake.
