Respiratory Infections News

A record-breaking 3,043 residents matched to pediatric positions in the 2025 Main Residency Match, according to the National Resident Matching Program.

This influenza season has been particularly severe in the United States, with CDC data showing a rate of hospitalization related to flu that is higher than any other season in the past 14 years.

Among children born in France, 83.1% had been prescribed a respiratory medication during the ages of 0 through 10 years, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

The White House withdrew the nomination of David Weldon, MD, to be CDC director on Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a Senate committee.

Senators questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, about proposed NIH cuts to biomedical research, the safety of vaccines, and government transparency during his nomination hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the NIH.

Children vaccinated against COVID-19 were more than 50% less likely to develop at least one long COVID symptom compared with unvaccinated children, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA canceled a meeting of vaccine advisors scheduled for next month to decide the composition of next season's influenza vaccines, an HHS official confirmed Thursday.

Three bovine veterinary practitioners had evidence prior infection with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza despite having no apparent contact with infected cows, according to a study published in MMWR.

Researchers identified three new all-oral drug regimens that include at least one of two new drugs for treatment of rifampin-resistant tuberculosis, according to a study.