Influenza

Incidence rates for several respiratory viruses, including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, declined during vs. before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results published in Thorax.

Measles cases and deaths have increased in recent years, with roughly 9 million cases and 136,000 deaths globally in 2022.

A healthy 7-year-old girl is sent to the school nurse by her teacher, who was concerned about the girl scratching her scalp and seeing white material in her hair.

The FDA is set to review what could be the country’s first self-administered influenza vaccine.

Vaccine mandates played a significant role in boosting influenza vaccination rates during the 2020-2021 influenza season, researchers reported in Pediatrics.

An intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CoviLiv, induced a robust immune response, according to a presentation at IDWeek. Researchers plan to test multiple dose levels and observe participants for 2 months after its administration.

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.

Fewer old adults are hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus than COVID-19 or influenza, but those who are experience more serious outcomes than patients hospitalized with the other two illnesses, new CDC data show.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the discovery of penicillin, the first naturally occurring antibiotic drug discovered and used therapeutically.