Respiratory Infections News

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For survivors of serious COVID-19, a physical activity program was a safe, effective intervention for improving health-related quality of life, persistent symptoms and more, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.

President Joe Biden on Friday officially announced that former North Carolina secretary of health Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, will be the next director of the CDC.

An FDA advisory committee voted Thursday to recommend changing the composition of the country’s COVID-19 vaccines to be monovalent XBB-lineage vaccines, removing the wild strain of SARS-CoV-2 from the shots.

The FDA recently approved two separate vaccines to prevent respiratory syncytial virus in older adults. Soon, additional RSV prevention tools may be available for pediatric patients, too.

New video game modifications can help others to understand what it is like to live with long COVID.

BPaL shortens treatment times significantly and shows few adverse effects in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis , according to data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Reusing single-use surgical masks for up to a week had no major impact on skin or upper respiratory tract microbiomes, according to data published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

An FDA advisory committee on Thursday voted in favor of approving the long-acting monoclonal antibody nirsevimab to protect neonates and infants from respiratory syncytial virus.

A review of nearly 250,000 doses of messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine administered to young children identified no serious side effects from the shots, according to results published in Pediatrics.