Emerging Diseases News

Children and adolescents diagnosed with COVID-19 were more likely to develop new-onset type 2 diabetes than those who had other respiratory infections, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Positive screenings for autism spectrum disorders did not increase to a significant degree among children born during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

The CDC announced that it has awarded more than $176 million to 48 public health partners to strengthen the public health infrastructure and workforce in the United States.

Hospitalizations for scurvy are on the rise among children in the United States, with a significant increase after 2017, according to data published in Pediatrics.

Children with tracheostomy and home ventilation had low COVID-19 vaccination rates, especially for boosters, despite higher than average influenza vaccination coverage, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Given the nuances of COVID-19 vaccine protection, Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, PhD, an assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard's School of Public Health, said the U.S. “should remain diligent in reviewing efficacy and safety data of each COVID-19 vaccine update to make progressional recommendations.”

CDC advisors this year introduced the idea of transitioning the United States from a universal recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination to a recommendation based on individual risk factors.

The federal government will once again be distributing free at-home COVID-19 tests to households across the country starting next month, health officials announced Friday.

In new guidance, the Infectious Diseases Society of America suggested that immunocompromised patients take the monoclonal antibody pemivibart as pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent severe COVID-19.