Respiratory Infections News

Researchers identified a new canine-feline alphacoronavirus in a Malaysian child with pneumonia.

The FDA has authorized a longer refrigeration time for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, a change it said should help make the vaccine more available.

Many parts of the world have begun vaccinating large groups of people against COVID-19, whereas others have not because of issues related to vaccine equity.

In one 24-hour period in April, the United States pledged to send raw materials for making COVID-19 vaccines to India and to release 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to other countries in need.

On Dec. 31, 2019, a message from the local health authority indicated that most patients with a new viral disease were epidemiologically linked to the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about numerous challenges and a strain on processes in health care systems, including in the prevention of hospital-acquired infections, or HAIs.

My career has been on the preventing infectious diseases side.

According to the CDC, cases of respiratory syncytial virus surged in recent weeks — months later than the traditional seasonal peak of the common respiratory virus, which can cause serious infections in infants and older adults.

COVID-19 vaccination coverage is almost seven percentage points lower in rural U.S. counties compared with urban counties, researchers found — a disparity they said could hinder progress toward ending the pandemic.

Despite having weakened immunity, patients who underwent dialysis sustained receptor-binding domain IgG antibody levels for at least 6 months following SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to data from a sample of U.S. dialysis facilities.