FDA Approves Omicron-Specific Booster Shots From Pfizer, Moderna
Vaccine advisory panel for the CDC set to meet Thursday and Friday to discuss who should get the updated boosters
AHA Addresses Infective Endocarditis in Injection Drug Users
New scientific statement on managing infective endocarditis in people who inject drugs emphasizes importance of addiction-trained clinicians
SARS-CoV-2 Infections Frequently Asymptomatic in Children
Infections most often asymptomatic for children aged 0 to 4 years; for adults, but not children, number of symptoms linked to viral load
School-Aged Children Can Self-Swab for COVID-19 Testing
Close agreement seen between self-collected nasal swabs and swabs collected by health care workers for SARS-CoV-2 testing results
SARS-CoV-2 mAbs Continued to Be Used After FDA Deauthorization
More than 158,000 doses of bamlanivimab-etesevimab and casirivimab-imdevimab were used after deauthorization on Jan. 24, 2022
Duration of Infectiousness Examined in COVID-19 Cases
65 and 24 percent of 34 cases continued to shed infectious virus at five and seven days after symptom onset
First U.S. Monkeypox Death Reported in Texas
Patient was 'severely immunocompromised' and had 'various severe illnesses,' health officials say
Pathway Programs for Medical School Diversity Disrupted by Pandemic
Programs targeting elementary and middle school-aged children more likely to be canceled
Men Who Have Sex With Men Acting to Prevent Monkeypox Transmission
MSM report reducing their number of sexual partners, one-time sexual encounters, sex with partners met on dating apps
Hospitalization Rates Up During Omicron BA.2 Predominance
Hospitalization rates 3.4 times as high for unvaccinated adults compared with vaccinated adults
