Emerging Diseases News

COVID-19 does not increase patients’ risk for developing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome during the 1-year period post infection, according to a registry study published in JAMA Network Open.

Given the nuances of COVID-19 vaccine protection, Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, PhD, an assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard's School of Public Health, said the U.S. “should remain diligent in reviewing efficacy and safety data of each COVID-19 vaccine update to make progressional recommendations.”

According to a new report, 21 U.S. residents have returned from travel in Cuba this year with Oropouche virus, which is spread through fly or mosquito bites.

The FDA granted emergency use authorization for an updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Novavax that targets the currently circulating Omicron variant JN.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus.

CDC advisors this year introduced the idea of transitioning the United States from a universal recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination to a recommendation based on individual risk factors.

In an analysis of deaths of patients with obesity but not diabetes from the SELECT trial, those assigned semaglutide 2.4 mg had reduced risk for death from COVID-19 compared with those assigned placebo.

Retinal ganglion cell layer thickness was significantly reduced in patients with severe COVID-19, which indicates an affinity for nerve cells, according to research published in the Open Journal of Ophthalmology.

Patients who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated a 1.16-fold higher long-term risk for systemic lupus erythematosus, while a booster was linked to higher risk for psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, according to data.

The first known human case of tularemia contracted from a marine mammal occurred after a biologist cut herself while conducting an autopsy of a harbor seal in Washington state, investigators reported.

New Hampshire on Tuesday announced that a person in the state who tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis virus has died after being hospitalized with severe central nervous system diseases.