England confronts a surge in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea cases, even as overall diagnoses dip. The UK Health Security agency reports a troubling rise in drug-resistant strains, despite a 16% decrease in total gonorrhea cases during 2024. Ceftriaxone, the primary treatment, faces growing resistance, with travel-linked cases from the Asia-Pacific region contributing to the problem. The news … Read more
TOPLINE: Recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) had no significant effect on major adverse cardiovascular events; however, it reduced all-cause mortality in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases receiving Janus kinase inhibitors. The mortality benefit was particularly notable in women and patients aged 65 years or older. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a new user design study utilizing the TriNetX … Read more
Archyde ACIP Updates: New Meningococcal Vaccine option, Expanded RSV Recommendations Published: 2025-05-01 16:32:26 This report summarizes significant changes discussed at the April 2025 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting. The transcript has been edited for clarity. The April ACIP meeting, the first under the new management, convened after a two-month delay. Despite its compressed … Read more
Protecting Our Future: Why Childhood Immunizations Remain Crucial Table of Contents Protecting Our Future: Why Childhood Immunizations Remain Crucial The Enduring Legacy of Childhood Vaccines Understanding Vaccine Development… The post Childhood Vaccinations: Stay Up-to-Date appeared first on NewsyList. Source link
Australia is reporting high numbers of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and pertussis infections well ahead of winter, with concerns that declining vaccination rates could contribute to a severe respiratory infection season. More than 54,000 cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza have already been reported nationally this year, which represents a 60% increase from the same period … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west African nation, mostly in remote parts of the northern region with children affected the most. While cases first recorded in October have spread to 23 of Nigeria’s 36 states, nearly … Read more
TOPLINE: Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors were associated with more infections, particularly herpes infections, in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) compared with biologics, in a cohort study. METHODOLOGY: A prospective, multicenter observational study included 1793 patients (age, ≥ 12 years) with moderate to severe AD from the Dutch BioDay registry between October 2017 and July 2024. … Read more
Investigators in Canada have discovered that molecular changes to an infectious bacterium (Group A Streptococcus pyogenes [GAS]) underlie a post-pandemic surge of coinfections with a respiratory diagnosis, prompting one expert to suggest lockdowns during the pandemic might have created an immunity deficiency in hosts while at the same time helping the bacteria create newly virulent … Read more
Rapid spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus has reached an “unprecedented” scale this season, wiping out hundreds of millions of birds worldwide and increasingly infecting mammals, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations warned on March 16. The spread of the virus poses significant risks from food and public health perspectives. … Read more
TOPLINE: The chikungunya virus virus-like particle (CHIKV VLP) vaccine achieved 100% seroconversion in adults who had previously received alphavirus vaccines and alphavirus vaccine–naive control individuals, with the previous recipients showing a faster immune response. Moreover, both groups had similar safety profiles. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted an open-label, phase 2, randomized controlled trial at two clinical sites … Read more