Quick Takes: US COVID uptick, new polio cases in 4 countries, measles outbreak in Michigan
jmw120 / Flickr cc Yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, investigators from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Analysis: 2024-25 COVID vaccines offered strong protection against worst outcomes in seniors
USAID / Flickr cc Today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, researchers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) report that...
Analysis shows higher COVID hospitalization rates for Black, Hispanic kids
Yesterday in JAMA Network Open, researchers published a study highlighting higher COVID-19 hospitalization rates among Black and Hispanic children in...
CDC respiratory virus official resigns as former ACIP members warn of immunization progress rollback
A Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist who leads the team that tracks respiratory virus hospitalizations abruptly resigned...
Vaccine RCT spreadsheet aims to show the data, dispel myths about vaccines
Since late April, an infectious diseases specialist at Stanford University and his colleagues have been volunteering their time on a...
Newly appointed CDC vaccine advisory committee holds first meeting, stirs more controversy
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory group met today in the first day of a shortened...
Quick takes: More H5N1 in dairy cattle, US COVID wastewater uptick, polio in Pakistan
Albert Martine / iStock An increase in uptake of routine childhood vaccines among US children over 15 years was associated...
WHO COVID origins panel focuses on 2 hypotheses amid big data gaps
Bill Gates at Gavi event in 2011. Photo: UK DFID / Flickr cc In the wake of US defunding of...
WHO adds XFG to SARS-CoV-2 variants under monitoring
Bill Gates at Gavi event in 2011. Photo: UK DFID / Flickr cc In the wake of US defunding of...
Analysis: Pandemic disruptions compounded malaria, mental illness burden
Yesterday in BMJ, researchers published a new model of COVID-19 pandemic healthcare disruptions, showing that they led to increases in...