COVID-19

BOSTON — Every year, approximately 100,000 people are on waitlists for organ transplants, but only a small fraction find suitable donors, according to Emily Blumberg, MD, FIDSA, director of transplant infectious diseases at Penn Medicine.

HONOLULU — 2020 COVID-19 hospitalizations requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cost significantly more and had lengthier stays than those that did not utilize ECMO, according to study results presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Boosting with mRNA-1273 provided additional COVID-19 protection during the delta and omicron waves, and especially among older adults, according to data from the phase 3 coronavirus efficacy (COVE) trial presented at IDWeek.

BOSTON — Expanded use of wastewater surveillance confirmed spikes in clinical cases of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in one of Canada’s largest cities, according to study findings presented at IDWeek.

HONOLULU — Experiencing financial toxicity 1 year after COVID-19 hospitalization contributed to elevated odds for sleep disturbance and sleep-related impairment, according to research presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Two doses of an experimental live-attenuated intranasal COVID-19 vaccine generated a robust immune response in a phase 1 trial, researchers reported.

A study conducted at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that weighted blankets decreased anxiety during chemotherapy infusions when used as a supportive care measure, according to data presented at Oncology Nursing Society Congress.

In this edition, precision navigators reduce racial disparities in genomic testing; cancer diagnoses fell sharply during early days of pandemic; Prostate Cancer Awareness Month updates, and more.

IDWeek relaxed its COVID-19 policies this year, no longer requiring that attendees wear a mask or provide proof of vaccination.

Moderna is set to begin a phase 3 trial of its influenza and COVID-19 combination vaccine after seeing immune responses similar to existing influenza and COVID-19 vaccines.