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The hepatitis B vaccine (Recombinant), Adjuvanted (Heplisav-B) is approved in adults 18 years of age and older, and the vaccine’s developer, Dynavax, is working towards finding potential commercial partners for Great Britain.

The most common reasons parents cited for hiding a child’s COVID-19 infection included an inability to stay home from work and wanting to make decisions about their child’s health without outside input from authorities.

“HIV reservoir dynamics are driven by local inflammation and gut dysbiosis,” the investigators concluded.

The TRUNCATE-TB trial demonstrated 8 week regimen with bedaquiline and linezolid for rifampin-susceptible TB noninferior to standard 6-month treatment.

A young woman who dealt with reoccurring Clostridioides difficile (CDI) in a short amount of time recounts her experience and how getting into a clinical trial made the difference in resolving her condition and getting her back to good health and her family.

The therapy, bepirovirsen, is an antisense oligonucleotide that targets all Hepatitis B (HBV) messenger RNAs, and the company is hoping it will become a functional cure.

In the 12-month period following COVID-19 infection, long COVID patients had an excess death rate of 16.4 per 1000 individuals.

From concerns of Guillain-Barré syndrome to the gut microbiota's effect on COVID-19 infection severity, these were the week's top stories.

Periods of COVID-19 reinfection correlated with the circulation of new variants, as well as with time since first infection.

A single dose of pegylated lambda-interferon delivered within a week of the start of COVID-19 symptoms appears to significantly reduce the likelihood that a patient will end up hospitalized from the disease.

Gut microbial abundance was observed to be independent of age and influenced COVID-19 spike IgG levels.

Primary care physicians and advanced practice providers are responsible for the majority of people seeking medical care in the United States, yet there is a gap in discussing sexual health for those who are at risk of HIV or other sexually-transmitted diseases.

A single oral dose of azithromycin reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death by 33% in women who delivered vaginally.

A recent animal study adds urgency to the fight against Clostridioides difficile infection, finding that the bacterium may be driving some colorectal cancers, which have risen among people younger than 50.

Based on the data presented today, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) believed the benefits outweighed the safety concerns.

The omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA may protect against COVID-19 by reducing inflammation.

Antimicrobial stewardship programs can protect drugs listed on the WHO Watch List, but the benefits are also dependent on countries' income level.

Clinicians look at optimal approaches for trying to avoid Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).

Pfizer indicates their RSV vaccine candidate, Abrysvo (RSVpreF), to prevent acute respiratory disease and lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults 60 years and older by active immunization.

VisualDx is a platform that can provide clinicians with assistive technology and burgeoning providers with patient education.

It seems likely that stress, anxiety, and isolation could be factors, but have not yet been definitively determined, the study authors said.

Higher poverty, crowding, and lower education levels disproportionately increased a person’s risk of S aureus infection, according to a new study.

“The combination of the 2 drugs was shown in this trial to be noninferior to the standard 3-drug regimen,” said Jean Michel Molina, MD, PhD, lead investigator of Merck’s islatravir/doravirine study.

Two people developed Guillain-Barre syndrome among a total of 19,942 vaccinated participants in the clinical studies submitted for the company’s biologicals license application (BLA).

An increase in extensively drug-resistant Shigella infections prompted the CDC to release a health advisory for this major cause of bacterial diarrhea.

A booster dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy increases protection of infants from infection and related hospitalization.

This fungal infection is an example of either being a treatable ailment or one that can cause severe disease and death depending on access to diagnostic and treatment resources.

Investigators looked at people living with HIV (PLWH) and the impact of this form of medication on potential cardiovascular events.

“The biggest take-home message is to treat early,” says remdesivir investigator Mark Thrun, MD.

The Lucira COVID-19 & Flu Test is a single-use at-home test kit that provides results from self-collected nasal swab samples in roughly 30 minutes.