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A large study finds 1 out of 2 patients develop at least one during their hospital stay.

The HPV vaccine is incredibly important in preventing certain cancers and a new study sought to address the safety concerns for vaccine refusal in a national immunization survey for teenagers.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine showed neutralizing antibody responses against variants of concern.

PrEP use is estimated to prevent >90% of infections in men who have sex with men and 70% of infections in people who inject drugs.

Before other states adopt randomly-selected payouts for COVID-19 vaccine administration, further research is needed into these lotteries’ effects on potential increases in vaccination rates.

The MOVe-OUT study will continue to the phase 3 portion and evaluate 800 mg of the therapy administered twice daily.

With vaccine uptake slowing, any information that can help is needed to increase administration.

Genetic changes enable SARS-CoV-2 to enter the body, replicate and trigger out-of-control immune responses.

A recent press briefing by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) addressed the need to have new antibiotics in the pipeline to answer the rising challenge of drug resistance.

The biosensor detects fragments of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as variants.

Understanding how future waves will impact areas can help officials implement policies to mitigate them.

Those taking methotrexate had lower seroconversion rates compared to controls.

Providing "social normative feedback" to physicians succeeded in lowering antibiotic treatment duration and cost, with less effect on prescription volume.

A meeting between developers and federal experts was inconclusive to the necessity of a third mRNA dose for COVID-19.

The CDC announced 100 preliminary cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome following vaccine administration.

While infection risk is not eliminated, the vaccine still provided significant protection.

The second wave in South Africa was larger and saw the Beta lineage dominate.

Investigators followed patients with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) for 6 months to review their outcomes.

This serious adverse event has been linked with COVID-19 shots from AstraZeneca and Janssen.

A Swiss population-based study showed more people in socioeconomically challenged places tested positive more frequently, saw higher hospitalizations, and greater mortality rates than those in higher socioeconomic places.

Azithromycin versus standard care in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, did not reduce the risk of hospital admission or mortality.

Patients who developed atrial fibrillation had higher levels of two known markers of heart stress.

The company’s RBX2660, administered as a single dose, demonstrated superiority over standard of care for reducing Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) recurrence.

Interventions after students receive a positive test were ineffective at preventing more infections.

The agency is making the safe return to school in the fall their top priority.

The announcement aligns with an FDA and CDC statement against the need for booster doses.

Kansas counties that adopted mask mandates saw a 60% drop in COVID-19 cases, a new study found.

In the second installment of an interview, members of the FlowMetric Life Sciences' leadership discuss how their technology might aid possible COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, how immunocompromised patients respond to vaccines, and other vaccines where their platform may be used.