Jonna Lorenz

The COVID-19 pandemic had a substantial effect on women in Kenya who are reliant on transactional sex for income, leading to high levels of food insecurity and psychological burden.

COVID-19-associated hospitalization of adolescents is more than 12 times less likely than that of adults, but exceeds that associated with influenza by 2.5 to 3 times, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported.

Children infected with SARS-CoV-2 who are Black, Hispanic or Asian have a greater risk of developing the rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a new study found.

International travelers acquire antimicrobial resistance genes, including some not included in databases, a recent study confirmed.

Contact tracing can be an effective tool for identifying new cases of COVID-19, but a new study found that close contacts were reported for only about a third of laboratory confirmed cases.

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections varies among Latinx residents, with Mayan individuals experiencing the greatest risk, according to a recent study of the evaluated infections in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, Calif.

COVID-19 infections were 13.6 percentage points higher in nursing homes with 50% or more Black residents, and deaths were 3.5 percentage points higher, compared with nursing homes with no Black residents, a new study found.

Merck moved closer to offering its pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for use in pediatric populations with the recent announcement of positive topline results in 2 phase 3 pediatric clinical trials.

Patients with moderate to severe pneumonia associated with COVID-19 and high C-reative protein levels may benefit from treatment with the monoclonal antibody tocilizumab, a follow-up study found.

Early treatment with lenzilumab improved the likelihood of survival without ventilation by 54% among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who were hypoxic but not on invasive mechanical ventilation, a new study found.

Routine screening of employees at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital show lower rates of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among vaccinated workers.

A new study in Canada suggests clinical practice guidelines should consider recommending days of amoxicillin for treatment of outpatient pediatric pneumonia in previously healthy children not requiring hospitalization.

Maternal social vulnerability and preterm birth were associated with higher risk of adverse health outcomes among infants born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection, a new study found.

Antibody levels induced by mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are much higher than those induced by natural infection and confer cross-reactivity that could be effective against new variants, a new study from the University of California, Irvine, found.

Cancer patients are more than twice as likely to acquire hospital-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (HA-SAB) and Clostridioides difficile infection (HA-CDI) than others, a new study from Australia found.

A pair of recent studies suggest that the ability of people with blood cancers lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma to produce antibodies in response to COVID-19 vaccines is impaired.

Even in mild cases, symptoms of COVID-19 can linger for at least 8 months, according to new research.

Nursing home residents who had recovered from COVID-19 showed robust antibody levels against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein after 1 dose of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, a study in France showed.

Short-course antibiotics are preferable for certain common bacterial infections, including acute bronchitis, pneumonia, urinary tract infection and cellulitis, the American College of Physicians said in a report issuing practice advice.

The US Food and Drug Administration released an investigation report on the fall 2020 outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 linked to leafy greens grown in California and updated the Leafy Greens Action Plan.

Current evidence remains uncertain to predict natural immunity conferred by SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to living practice points developed by the American College of Physicians (ACP), which urges patients to continue infection prevention practices such as hand washing, mask wearing and maintaining physical distance.

Simplifying access to hepatitis C virus care, including decentralized community-based care and task shifting to non-specialists, could improve testing and treatment for patients in settings with limited resources.

Infection control efforts to combat hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection may be better spent on health care workers’ hand hygiene compliance and environmental cleaning than on visitor contact precautions, a new study suggests.

Intermediate-dose prophylactic anticoagulation did not improve mortality or venous or arterial thrombosis in patients with COVID-19 in the ICU compared with standard dosing, a new study found.

Half of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at a hospital in France reported ongoing symptoms 4 months after hospitalization, a new study found.

Spero Therapeutics expects to submit a new drug application this year for Tebipenem HBr, the first oral carbapenem for treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) and acute pyelonephritis (AP).

Rates of serious clinical complications of Clostridioides difficile infection rose as the number of recurrent infections increased, underscoring the importance of advancing new treatments to prevent recurrence of the disease, a recent study in SAGE Open Medicine found.

Macrolide-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae account for almost 40% of infections overall, a new study found.

Symptoms of COVID-19 can persist for months in about a third of cases, including among those with mild illness, a new study confirms.

Vaccine clinical trials have fallen short of diversity guidelines during the past decade, with minority groups underrepresented and key data missing in many trials, a new study found.