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.
Those at greater risk included female physicians, older doctors, medical residents, and those in emergency medicine and family practice.
Researchers found no significant difference at 3 months or at 12-month follow-up.
Extremely and moderately preterm births were lower during the pandemic period, but late preterm births were higher.
The trial to identify correlates of protection for COVID vaccines will take place at about 20 Walgreens sites, ranging from urban to rural.
Compared to influenza, COVID-19 patients had longer ICU stays.
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.
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.
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.
Children with a vaccine-hesitant parent varied by vaccine: 56% for COVID, 31% for flu, 30% for HPV, and 12% for other childhood illnesses.
Type 1 diabetes incidence was 8.6 per 100 person-years during, versus before, the pandemic among uninfected participants and 14.0 among the infected.
The authors found that 37% of the COVID-positive group suffered quantitative olfactory dysfunction.
Pre-existing sleep disturbances were tied to a 12% increased risk of COVID-19 infection and a 36% increased risk of long COVID.
The researcher also found leftover SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the gut as long as 2 years after infection.
Nasal vaccines have the potential for reducing transmission and preventing milder illness.
The study was based on outcomes seen among women who received one or two mRNA COVID vaccine doses in the first trimester of pregnancy.
ACIP made its latest assessments during a packed 3-day schedule, during which it also updated it recommendation for RSV vaccines.
Text messages increased 30-day COVID-19 booster uptake by 21%.
COVID test positivity, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths are are on the rise, but remain at low levels.
Over 78% were dirty, rendering them unsuitable for sterilization, the authors say.
The company said it will have the vaccine ready to distribute in mid July as prefilled syringes, pending approval and recommendations.
The odds ratio of any persistent symptoms was more than double in COVID-19 patients.
The vast majority of funds—up to $453 million—goes to Vaxart of San Francisco for developing an oral pill vaccine candidate.