Emerging Diseases News

Study results demonstrated no associations between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and hospital admission or visit for postmenopausal bleeding and no association with premenopausal menstrual disturbance or bleeding.

Last April, Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, requested an internal and external review of the CDC’s performance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

DESTIN, Fla. — The long COVID epidemic continues to raise more questions than answers for rheumatologists, and while there are no definite solutions, data regarding prevention is painting a clear picture, according to a speaker here.

CHICAGO — Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had worse COVID-19-related outcomes compared with infected individuals without NAFLD, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

U.S. adults who reported negative health care experiences because of discrimination based on their race or ethnicity were less likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a study found.

WHO said Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a global public health emergency of international concern, citing reduced risks to human health driven by high population-level immunity and vaccination.

Most children diagnosed with Lyme disease recover within 6 months of receiving antibiotic treatment, regardless of their clinical presentation, according to findings from a study published in Pediatric Research.

The White House announced that it will end COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal employees and international air travelers on May 11, the same day the public health and national emergencies for the pandemic are scheduled to end.

Nearly half of health care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 continued working at least part of 1 day with symptoms, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

SAN DIEGO — Some of the biggest developments in infectious diseases in the past 12 months involve a promising treatment for COVID-19, a universal influenza mRNA vaccine candidate and the emergence of vaccine-derived polio, a speaker said.