Emerging Diseases News

Fewer old adults are hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus than COVID-19 or influenza, but those who are experience more serious outcomes than patients hospitalized with the other two illnesses, new CDC data show.

Investigational antifungal fosmanogepix has been added as a first-line treatment in recommendations penned following the emergence of an ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak, researchers said.

Moderna said Wednesday that its messenger RNA-based combination vaccine against influenza and COVID-19 elicited neutralizing antibody levels that were as high — or higher — than existing vaccines in a phase 1/2 trial.

The FDA on Tuesday authorized Novavax’s updated COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in adolescents and adults, giving the country a third vaccine option heading into the fall and winter respiratory diseases season.

Researchers confirmed that rat lungworm, or Angiostrongylus cantonensis, has established a presence in Georgia, adding to the states where the invasive parasite has been identified.

WHO on Monday recommended the widespread use of a second vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children.

SARS-CoV-2 infection accounted for roughly one in six cases of sepsis at five Massachusetts hospitals during the first 33 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from a large study of more than 430,000 patient encounters.

Despite massive studies representing millions of participants that demonstrate associations between COVID-19 and autoimmune disease, whether the virus can actually cause autoimmunity remains unsettled.

Despite experts warning of the dangers of influenza, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus and pneumococcal disease this fall and winter, survey data shows that many U.S. adults underestimate the seriousness of these infections.

Data show that the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting reorganization of health systems led to a significant reduction in vascular procedures in 2020 and 2021 across Brazil, leading to a $17 million reduction in spending on vascular surgeries.