Over 81% of infants admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during the 2022 seasonal peak had no underlying medical conditions and were born full-term, finds a study published today in JAMA Network Open.…
Rahul Verma Biting into wafer-thin pieces of cucumber enveloped in soft white bread some days ago, I thought there was something to be said about sandwiches. Cynics may scoff and say that it is just…
The humid climate during the monsoon months creates an ideal habitat for germs and viruses to spread conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye. Against the backdrop of this upsurge in cases of conjunctivitis, the All…
Ajay Banerjee On August 3, a crucial Bill on digital data protection was introduced, amid din, in the Lok Sabha. A week later, the Bill, which will impact everyone, was passed in the two Houses.…
The two main indicators that federal health officials use to track COVID-19 activity—hospitalizations and deaths—both registered small rises this week, as did other indicators of virus activity, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease…
A supplement published last month in Clinical Infectious Diseases provides a window into the evolving picture of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low- and middle-income countries and how it's been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The supplement includes 17 papers…
A new study of data from countries in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean highlights the deadly impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the region. The study, published this week in The Lancet Regional Health–Americas, estimates…
Today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Household Pulse Survey show the prevalence of people reporting long COVID dropped since last summer but has now stalled. And for those…
In a pair of new developments today, the World Health Organization (WHO) released standing recommendations for battling COVID-19 and released a risk assessment for the EG.5 Omicron variant, elevating it to a variant of interest (VOI) and noting that…
The COVID-19 International Research Team (COV-IRT) and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) report that they have identified abnormal mitochondrial function in the heart, kidneys, and liver after SARS-CoV-2 infection, which leads to long-term damage and may…
