Respiratory Infections News

The Biden administration on Tuesday confirmed that it has had discussions about making second COVID-19 booster shots available to all U.S. adults amid a surge in infections driven by the omicron BA.5 subvariant.

In a new study, data made available upon admission identified about 80% of patients with COVID-19 who had low-risk pneumonia.

COVID-19 vaccination “fundamentally altered” the pandemic by saving nearly 20 million lives in the first year that vaccines were available, researchers found using a mathematical model.

Linezolid successfully treated pregnant patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, with most patients experiencing favorable pregnancy outcomes, according to a meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA announced that state-licensed pharmacists can now prescribe the COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid with some limitations.

The proportion of children with COVID-19-related croup increased during the period in which omicron was the predominant variant in the United States, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

In the first 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease accounted for one in eight deaths and was the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Deaths from fungal infections increased in the United States in 2020 and 2021 compared with previous years, with Aspergillus and Candida infections driving COVID-19-associated fungal deaths, researchers found.

A survey conducted last fall found that around half of parents of children aged 0 to 4 years said they were likely to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, researchers reported.

We asked Sheri Schully, PhD, deputy chief medical and scientific officer for the All of Us Research Program, some questions about the program.