Respiratory Infections News

Surgeons used breast implants to hold a man’s heart in place during a double-lung transplant after he was diagnosed with a potentially fatal infection after years of smoking and vaping.

The highest ever reported number of tuberculosis diagnoses was reported in 2022, a feat likely due to the recovery of TB services following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WHO’s 2023 Global TB report.

The COVID-19 pandemic was not associated with changes in parental vaccine hesitancy overall, but there were other effects, including a polarization of vaccine attitudes and changes in trust about vaccine information, a study found.

Doxycycline reduced the risk for Clostridioides difficile infection by almost half compared with azithromycin among patients hospitalized with community-acquire pneumonia who had a C. difficile infection in the past year, a study found.

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Almost half of health care providers in the United States do not routinely test patients born outside the U.S. for tuberculosis, despite CDC recommendations that say they should, a survey found.

Antibiotic use among critically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 declined between 2020 and 2022, researchers found.

Scientists have successfully developed the first vaccines against malaria and respiratory syncytial virus, but other vaccine targets remain.

Pediatric mental health emergencies increased with each COVID-19 wave in New York City, a study in Pediatrics found.

Remdesivir use is associated with increased survival among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 requiring supplemental oxygen, researchers found.