John Parkinson

North Carolina’s senate voted to repeal the health exemption of the existing mask wearing law, thus disallowing any exceptions for people to wear a mask across the state.

Dennis Petragnani has battled gastrointestinal issues for years, and he shares what he sees as the transformation of change in the public and medical community talking about C diff and therapies around it, and the kinship with people he has met through the Peggy Lillis Foundation.

The federal agency gave the nod to Roche’s human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection and gives women the ability to gather their own sample in a health care setting, which can then be sent off for lab results.

The FDA announces the voluntary recall of Hy-Vee Cream Cheese Spread due to the potential contamination of Salmonella.

In the second installment of the discussion around the Equity in Antimicrobial Stewardship Efforts (EASE), the codevelopers of this novel framework discuss how to move forward with interventions and measuring success around them.

The new Equity in Antimicrobial Stewardship Efforts (EASE) is a comprehensive set of priorities designed to overcome inequities and address the challenges with prescribing practices within the minoritized populations.

The federal agency said that due to administrative constraints, they will not complete the review of mRNA-1345 by the PDUFA date of May 12.

The investigational vaccine, mRNA-1345, developed for seniors has its FDA PDUFA date in a few days.

In patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), ibezapolstat was shown to have similar results to a standard of care therapy.

New data from a World Health Organization (WHO) repository illustrates the treatment challenges during the acute phase of the pandemic.

According to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, these strains have increased in incidence rates, and now account for nearly a third of all US cases.

Hospital grades released by Leapfrog reviews state and now metro areas for safety and patient satisfaction.

In a new real-world study, Sanofi and AstraZeneca’s nirsevimab-alip (Beyfortus) demonstrated high efficacy against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD).

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigator offers insights into their investigation of customers receiving vampire facials (a spa cosmetic procedure) and contracting the virus afterwards.

This cephalosporin antibiotic was examined against colistin-susceptible gram-negative infections.

A large study being presented at ESCMID shows the therapy was associated with a significantly lower mortality at 14-days and 28-days.

A novel approach using this emerging technology looks to interfere with antibiotic resistance expression and reduce this global health issue.

A study finds that despite the development of some new agents for highly-resistant pathogens, prescribers are reluctant to utilize these therapies.

New data reinforced the safety and tolerability profile of this antiretroviral therapy for this patient population who are virologically suppressed.

Pivmecillinam (Pivya) was given the nod from the federal agency, and is indicated for female adults with uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by susceptible isolates of Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus.

RedHill Biopharma said it has enrolled its first participant for the study examining the investigational therapy, RHB-107 (upamostat).

With this approval, aztreonam-avibactam becomes the first β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor antibiotic combination approved in the European Union for treating multidrug-resistant infections, including metallo-β-lactamase-producing bacteria.

US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert over the meat.

The vaccine’s developer, YS Biopharma, will begin its phase 1 clinical trial in the Philippines this summer.

The streptococcal pneumoniae urine antigen (SPUA) test was studied over the course of a year to determine if it provided any benefits in terms of diagnostic capability or aided in reducing empirical antibiotic use.

A large cohort study found this patient group more susceptible to repeat admissions, and points to potential issues associated with ambulatory care.

In these patient encounters, a deep cough as a symptom raised concerns around pneumonia and may have prompted prescription of antimicrobials, but did not show a resolution of symptoms sooner.

The company’s investigational ABCWY vaccine candidate will be reviewed by the FDA by February 14, 2025.

A small study found physical health problems lingered 1 year after their hospital stay.

In a new federal survey, as many as 3 in 10 US adults have had the condition at some point.