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Moderna Starts Testing COVID-19 Vaccine in Younger Children
Company also testing its vaccine in 3,000 older children, ages 12 to 17 years
Polio-Rhinovirus Promising for Malignant Glioma Patients
Intratumoral infusion appears to be safe, improve survival in those with grade IV malignant glioma
Death From Specific Causes Up for Veterans With PTSD
Significant increases seen in mortality from suicide, accidental injury, viral hepatitis
Many U.S. Nursing Home Residents Have Not Been Vaccinated for Flu, COVID-19, or RSV...
Second study shows that 42.2 and 18.3 percent of individuals aged 18 years and older reported receiving flu, updated COVID-19 shots
Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve Omicron-Specific Booster Shot
Animal studies show that the new mRNA vaccine produces an immune response against both BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants
Steroid May Reduce COVID-19 Death Risk by Up to One-Third
Dexamethasone appears promising for patients with severe illness
Prolonged Viral Shedding Seen in Children Positive for SARS-CoV-2
Median duration of viral shedding 19.5 days; median of 18 days found from RT-PCR positivity to seropositivity
Children Less Susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 but More Infectious
Asymptomatic individuals less likely to infect others; symptomatic cases more likely to infect others before symptom onset
Algorithm-Defined Tx Duration Non-Inferior in Staph Bacteremia
Non-inferior rate of clinical success for algorithm defining treatment duration versus usual care
IV, Oral Antibiotics Compared for Complicated Pneumonia
No difference in post-discharge treatment failure; more complications, adverse drug events for PICC
