Respiratory Infections News

As of mid-March, FEMA had helped the CDC and local partners hold more than 500 mobile COVID-19 vaccination events in the U.S.

A New York hospital reported an increased incidence and relative risk for postpartum depression in new mothers with COVID-19 who were separated from their newborns, a retrospective cohort study showed.

After 15 months on the job, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, said that one of the most important lessons she has learned is the need for a better understanding of health care inequities in the United States.

More than half of patients aged 65 years or older at a health system in Nebraska were undervaccinated for pneumococcus based on CDC recommendations, according to newly presented data.

Patients more than 30 days out from a COVID-19 diagnosis experience an excess burden of a variety of health conditions, and even patients with mild cases face an increased risk for death in the ensuing 6 months, researchers reported.

Pneumonia incidence was high in patients with HF and especially high in those with HF with preserved ejection fraction, according to new data from the PARADIGM-HF and PARAGON-HF trials.

Close and personal experiences with COVID-19 were strong determinants of vaccine acceptance compared with distal experiences, such as those in the media, according to a survey conducted in multiple countries, including the United States.

Data from a small real-world study demonstrated that receiving two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is 94% effective against COVID-19 hospitalization among adults aged 65 years or older, researchers reported in MMWR.

The CDC updated its guidance for children’s summer day and overnight camps, which includes recommendations about prevention, vaccination, physical distancing and approaches to maintaining a healthy environment.

Fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks outdoors “except in certain crowded settings and venues,” the CDC said in updated guidance.