Infection News

Lactating women who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had specific anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in their breast milk, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The National Cancer Institute has awarded more than $4 million to a collaboration between three research institutions to evaluate anal cancer screenings in high-risk women previously diagnosed with HPV.

A history of HPV vaccination may not reliably help physicians triage women for less intensive management after an abnormal cervical screening test result, according to researchers.

Women with COVID-19 during the pandemic’s second wave in India had higher rates of severe disease, admissions to the ICU or high dependency unit and maternal deaths compared with the first wave, findings show.

Many women skipped important preventive health care appointments in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially if they were from lower-income and minority communities, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum.

COVID-19 affects men and women differently, yet most current clinical studies of SARS-CoV-2 and the disease do not mention sex or gender, according to an international team of researchers.

SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy was associated with higher odds of preeclampsia, and this relationship may be causal, according to a study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

There were no increases in preterm births or stillbirths during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

An intervention researchers hoped would improve infection management did not significantly reduce antimicrobial use among nursing home residents with dementia, data showed.

An assessment of antibiotic prescribing practices for adult patients with uncomplicated, recurring UTIs showed that prescriptions often do not align with Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines, researchers reported.