Respiratory Infections News

In late November, at the behest of independent advisors, WHO classified omicron as a SARS-CoV-2 “variant of concern” amid signs that it was highly transmissible and carried an increased risk for reinfection.

I completed medical school and internal medicine residency in the years immediately before protease inhibitors against HIV reached the clinic.

Last week, the CDC updated its consumer COVID-19 mask guidance to say for the first time that people can wear N95 or KN95 respirators.

A small study found no evidence that mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 transmitted the virus to their babies through breast milk, affirming previous studies.

A study conducted in two U.S. states between May and November last year found that both vaccination and prior infection protected people against infection and hospitalization from COVID-19, researchers reported in MMWR.

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a plan to distribute 400 million N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile and make them available for free at tens of thousands of pharmacies and health centers in the U.S.

Organizers announced Tuesday that the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections will be an entirely virtual meeting for the third year in a row because of COVID-19.

COVID-19 vaccination in the United States saved nearly a quarter-million lives in the first 6 months that shots were available compared with a scenario in which there were no vaccines, researchers estimated.

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large private companies by a 6-3 vote. The mandate would have required employees to be vaccinated or get tested weekly.

A new study reinforced that influenza vaccination protects children from serious illness even when vaccines are a poor match for circulating viruses.