Emerging Diseases News

COVID-19 messenger RNA vaccination during pregnancy resulted in a robust immune response without adverse outcomes for both mothers and infants for almost 6 months after birth, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

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Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an advisory on health worker burnout and well-being, declaring the situation a “crisis” and naming it a “top national priority.”

More than one-fourth of children in the United States had delayed or missed preventive care due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.

Long COVID symptoms widely ranged based on the severity of the acute illness phase, demonstrating the need for individualized and multidisciplinary care, according to researchers.

The CDC announced it is launching the “Bridge Access Program” this fall to provide COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured and underinsured at no cost.

Paxlovid lowers the risk for severe COVID-19 among younger vaccinated adults with at least one serious comorbidity, researchers found, although their study did not see the same benefit for patients without medical comorbidities.

Takeda’s dengue vaccine candidate is no longer under review for approval in the United States.

Patients with autoimmune diseases or long COVID who used a personalized digital care program alongside other non-pharmacologic strategies were more likely to achieve better health-related quality of life scores, according to data.

Thousands of samples taken from white-tailed deer in the U.S. showed that SARS-CoV-2 was transmitted from humans to deer more than 100 times, mutated, and then was potentially transmitted back to humans in three cases, researchers reported.