Vaccination News

A new study shows that N95 masks, when decontaminated with vaporized hydrogen peroxide, can be reused. Researchers said the process does not compromise the masks’ effectiveness. It was the top story in infectious disease last week.

COVID-19 vaccination in the United States saved nearly a quarter-million lives in the first 6 months that shots were available compared with a scenario in which there were no vaccines, researchers estimated.

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large private companies by a 6-3 vote. The mandate would have required employees to be vaccinated or get tested weekly.

A new study reinforced that influenza vaccination protects children from serious illness even when vaccines are a poor match for circulating viruses.

As of July, federally qualified health centers had administered 61.4% of their COVID-19 vaccines to people of races and ethnicities other than white, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

A real-world study conducted at more than 30 U.S. hospitals demonstrated that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was 94% effective at preventing hospitalization for COVID-19 among adolescents aged 12 to 18 years.

A recently published study found that SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including induced abortion, cesarean sections, preterm birth and fetal growth restriction.

SARS-CoV-2 infection, even in asymptomatic cases, can lead to a broad autoantibody response that lasts beyond recovery from infection, according to findings published in the Journal of Translational Medicine.

Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 to recommend that children aged 12 to 17 years receive a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at least 5 months after their primary series.

Pediatric hospitalizations due to COVID-19 reached a peak in recent weeks, according to CDC data.