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The FDA and CDC have authorized and recommended 3 different booster doses, to be used in "mix-and-match" strategy among eligible adults. What does this mean for immunity?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky's, MD, endorsement Thursday evening came after 2 days of deliberation from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) where the group recommended the Moderna and Janssen COVID-19 vaccine “booster” doses.

This novel, rapid diagnostic assay uses polymerase chain reaction and magnetic resonance to identify the 5 most common Candida species.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) updated their pneumococcal vaccination recommendations, adding Merck’s sequential vaccine regimen.

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) recently sponsored a media briefing addressing the risks of contracting influenza and pneumococcal disease in the midst of a still-flourishing COVID-19 pandemic.

The actions taken by the FDA set differing availability of the 3 emergency-authorized vaccines.

Higher use of 7 major antibiotics in hospitals is corelated with higher rates of Clostridioides difficile infection.

Here is a review the mechanisms that lead to resistance, including risk factors.

The CDC found 2 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech reduced COVID-19 severe outcomes and hospitalization by 93% in adolescents 12-18 years old.

The White House said it has secured enough of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supply to offer vaccinations for everyone in this age group.

The company announced the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for use with its Spectrum Solutions SpectrumDNA SDNA-1000 collection device on the Amplitude Solution.

The company’s current investigational medical device, Sigyn Therapy, is a novel medical device that is being studied for addressing viral pathogens and bacterial toxins to avoid this massive inflammation onslaught and the potential of sepsis.

In a phase 3 trial, sulbactam-durlobactam (SUL-DUR) was found to more favorably treat carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) than colistin.

Infants, children, and adolescents can carry and spread COVID-19 at the same rate as adults.

The increasing presence of multiple non-AIDS comorbidities in women and others living with HIV challenges clinicians to steer away from the approach of optimizing individual chronic conditions but to think more holistically.

The decision comes after supporting data from a "mix and match" trial last week, and may align with emergency authorizations for the Moderna and Janssen booster doses.

Merck recently announced results looking at their islatravir implant studied for HIV prevention for 3 months. The long-term goal is to have the implant last 12 months following administration.

Children living with HIV have a new once-daily treatment option to maintain virologic suppression.

One of the infrequently discussed health outcomes that can be impacted by a pandemic is fertility. Using a cross-sectional study, a research team reported incremental increases in infertility during this period.

Lack of data may mean bloodstream infections caused by PVCs are an overlooked cause of morbidity in hospitalized patients.

Comparing 2020 to 2019, investigators saw a reduction in the number of HIV tests, the number of in-person consultations, and new enrollments in care, due to the disruption in HIV care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

New survey finds little more than half of US adults are planning to obtain vaccination against influenza despite urging by health officials.

The VRBPAC committee unanimously voted in favor of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine for use under EUA as a booster dose in individuals 18 years and older at least 2 months after a single dose primary vaccination.

Outside of vaccines, these underutilized therapies are the best defense against severe disease.

Lower rates of COVID-19 vaccination may be due to access, not hesitancy.

The VRBPAC meeting precedes deliberation from the FDA on amending the company's emergency authorization to include booster doses for adult patients.

In a recent study, taniborbactam restored in vitro activity of cefepime against Enterobacterales.

While receiving a booster of one’s original COVID-19 shot leads to an immune boost, this was heightened among individuals who received a different booster than their primary vaccine.

There are MSM who are indicated for PrEP use that don’t use it, and vice versa, the study authors found.