FDA Panel: No Changes Needed for fall COVID Boosters | NewsDirectory3 Key Points FDA panel advises using the JN.1 strain for fall COVID boosters. Panelists express concern over potential delays from new trial requirements. COVID-19 remains a risk, especially for older adults and young children. Vaccine uptake remains low despite proven effectiveness. Updated labels warn … Read more
On a cold Wednesday morning in January, Ruben Olivares, MD, sat down at a computer workstation in Cleveland to perform surgery on a man with prostate cancer. Olivares, a urologist at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, directed a robot to send high-intensity, focused ultrasound waves to the tumor. But this time, the patient was not in a … Read more
TOPLINE: Low-dose CT screening in a high-risk population detected lung cancer in 2.0% of participants, with nearly 80% of cases diagnosed at stage I or II. The screening protocol demonstrated 97.0% sensitivity at 12 months, with a 4.8% false-positive rate. METHODOLOGY: Annual low-dose CT screening has been recommended in the United States since 2013, but … Read more
Children under 15 account for 4.3% of all new and relapsed tuberculosis (TB) cases in the WHO European Region, which includes Europe and Central Asia, compared with 3.9% in 2022, a 10% increase. The finding was released this week in the 2025 Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring Report. Veronica Cristea, MD The news has prompted urgent … Read more
TOPLINE: Among patients with acute cholecystitis who were managed non-operatively, 38.3% experienced new complications. Delayed cholecystectomy was recommended for younger patients with prior complications. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective study to identify risk factors for gallstone disease relapse and establish the timeline for recurrence. They included 1634 patients treated for acute cholecystitis at three Swedish … Read more
For many people, living longer brings health challenges: Osteoporosis, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease. And of course, zombie cells. The technical term is senescent cells. They’re damaged and unable to repair themselves. They’re also more likely to linger in the body as we age — like zombies — secreting inflammatory molecules that can hasten our decline. “They … Read more
TOPLINE: Treatment with Paxlovid in older adults did not appear to make a difference in whether or not they were hospitalized because of COVID-19. METHODOLOGY: Over a 9-month time span starting in April 2022, researchers analyzed the hospital data of over 1.6 million Ontario residents aged 65 to 74 years. Nearly 88% of all patients … Read more
A new technique known as phylowave showed potential to identify differences in fitness among viral and bacterial pathogens, based on data from a study including SARS-CoV-2, influenza A subtype H3N2, Bordetella pertussis, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Understanding the genetic diversity and identifying more transmissible pathogens has implications for public health, such as opportunities for targeted vaccination and … Read more
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Norovirus cases continue to rise in the United States this winter, at levels higher than the same time period in previous years, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Current data from the CDC’s NoroSTAT monitoring system show 495 reported outbreaks during the period from August 1, 2024, … Read more