Vaccination News

Last week, the White House unveiled its new COVID-19 plan, which includes a test-to-treat initiative and efforts to enhance surveillance of wastewater for variants. It was the top story in infectious disease.

Common drugs like paracetamol and ibuprofen may reduce a patient’s immune response if taken before or immediately following a vaccination, according to findings published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

The incidence of COVID-19 was eight times higher in unvaccinated students compared with their vaccinated peers, according to a research brief published in Pediatrics.

Routine use of a typhoid conjugate vaccine with a catch-up campaign through age 15 years could prevent approximately 67 million cases and 826,000 deaths caused by typhoid fever over 10 years, according to a study.

On the heels of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, his administration announced a new National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan, which includes a test-to-treat initiative.

In light of new masking recommendations from the CDC, the AAP has updated its own masking guidance but says that masking is still an “important layer of protection” for children.

During his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden announced the launch of a new test-to-treat initiative, in which people who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 at a pharmacy can receive antivirals “on the spot at no cost.”

Real-world evidence published Tuesday in MMWR demonstrated that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has protected children and adolescents against COVID-19, including kids aged 5 to 11 years.

The CDC recently revised its guidance on the use of face masks. Based on the agency’s new COVID-19 metrics, which rely on local measures of hospital capacity, around 70% of people live in areas where they can go without a mask.

The NFL’s COVID-19 test-to-release protocol, implemented in December during the omicron surge, helped NFL players and staff members shorten their isolation time, according to a study published in MMWR.