Infection Control News

Early use of oseltamivir in hospitalized children with influenza led to better outcomes, according to the results of a large study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The CDC no longer recommends universal masking in health care settings unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission, according to updated guidance posted on the agency’s website.

Surveillance data show increased circulation of enterovirus D68 — or EV-D68 — over the summer in the United States after a period of low circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported this week in MMWR.

Hybrid immunity from prior omicron infection and at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided the highest protection from omicron infection, according to data recently published in The Lancet.

Rates of severe disease and ICU admissions do not significantly differ among patients with COVID-19 receiving either bebtelovimab or Paxlovid, according to a recent study.

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have asked the FDA to authorize bivalent omicron COVID-19 booster vaccines for children.

The NIH this month began enrolling participants in a clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of fractional doses of monkeypox vaccine, and another trial evaluating the antiviral tecovirimat in adults and children with monkeypox.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced a state disaster emergency due to poliovirus detected in the wastewater samples of several counties in the state, as well as New York City.

President Joe Biden on Sunday told “60 Minutes” that the COVID-19 pandemic “is over,” saying the worst was likely behind us, but experts questioned if that is the right message for Americans — and whether it is true.

The performance of many COVID-19 home-testing kits worsened after the omicron variant emerged, according to a recent study.