Top in ID: 49% of US adults plan to get flu vaccine; health workers die in Ebola outbreak

In a recent survey from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, less than half of adults in the United States said they plan to get the influenza vaccine this season.

Additionally, only 32% of adults said they were extremely/very confident about the safety of receiving influenza and COVID-19 vaccines simultaneously. It was the top story in infectious disease last week.

Another top story covered the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda, which took the lives of 29 people, including four health care workers.

Read these and more top stories in infectious disease below:

Fewer than half of US adults plan to get flu vaccine despite warnings of a severe season

Following last year’s mild influenza season, U.S. officials are emphasizing the importance of influenza, pneumococcal and COVID-19 vaccinations as they expect a much more severe season in the weeks to come. Read more.

Four health care workers among dead in Uganda Ebola outbreak

Ten health care workers have been infected and four have died in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda, health officials announced. Read more.

COVID-19 boosters reduce symptom severity and duration

People who received a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine had reduced symptom severity and duration across delta and omicron variant predominance, according to data from the COVID-Out trial. Read more.

Clinical trial of antiviral for monkeypox goes forward as cases decline

Experts involved with an NIH trial of tecovirimat said that even as cases of monkeypox continue to decline nationally, it is important to establish whether the antiviral is effective against the infection. Read more.

HIV-specific factors contribute to increased risk for MDR-E

People with HIV are at an increased risk for multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales infection because of HIV-specific factors in addition to already established risk factors, a recent study showed. Read more.