Respiratory Infections News

As of July, federally qualified health centers had administered 61.4% of their COVID-19 vaccines to people of races and ethnicities other than white, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it will send 10 million COVID-19 tests — five million rapid tests and five million lab-based PCR tests — to K-12 schools each month to help keep them open during the omicron surge.

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Long, daunting lines at COVID-19 test sites have many people turning to at-home tests, according to reporting by The New York Times.

A recently published study found that SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including induced abortion, cesarean sections, preterm birth and fetal growth restriction.

Beginning Jan. 15, private health insurers and group health care plans in the United States will be required to reimburse people for the cost of up to eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month, federal health officials announced.

Researchers found that decontaminating N95 respirators using vaporized hydrogen peroxide provided a “viable means” to reuse the masks without compromising their effectiveness.

The rate of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory infections “decreased modestly” between 2011 and 2018, according to researchers, who noted that still more reductions are needed.

Pediatric hospitalizations due to COVID-19 reached a peak in recent weeks, according to CDC data.

The FDA on Friday amended an emergency use authorization for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to shorten the suggested time between a primary two-dose series and a booster shot from 6 to 5 months.