Infection Control News

Cannabis use was linked to a lower ART adherence among older patients with HIV compared with patients who never use the drug, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

The percentage of kindergarteners who had received certain routine childhood immunizations declined again last school year, CDC researchers reported Thursday.

Health officials on Wednesday declared an end to an Ebola outbreak in Uganda that killed 55 people and infected at least 142 in less than 4 months.

The FDA will review a biologics license application for nirsevimab for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus in newborns and infants, according to Sanofi and AstraZeneca, which are developing the monoclonal antibody.

A recent study showed that absolute vaccine efficacy against COVID-19 hospitalization was higher in boosted individuals compared with those who received the primary series only.

The XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant has evolved to become the most transmissible SARS-CoV-2 subvariant yet, rapidly replacing other variants, although its ultimate impact on the pandemic is unclear, according to experts.

A study found no reported serious adverse events among children who received a COVID-19 vaccine after recovering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

The absolute vaccine effectiveness of a recent first booster dose of COVID-19 messenger RNA vaccine against COVID-associated hospitalization is 81% compared with 46% for the primary series alone, researchers found.

A single dose of the Jynneos mpox vaccine reduces hospitalization risk and disease severity, a study found, although researchers emphasized that people at risk for the disease should complete the two-dose vaccine series.

Researchers investigating the value of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 testing in a hospital setting reported that it provided clinically relevant data, and it may be more “clinically meaningful” to conduct among those who are not fully vaccinated.