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FDA Authorizes Updated Boosters to Protect Against Omicron

Agency prepares for potential cold weather COVID-19 case spike with latest vaccine solution.

Is It Possible to Sway Hesitant Patients to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine?

A survey conducted in a small New York county reveals some challenges moving forward.

COVID-19 Infection More Likely to Inflame Heart Than Vaccine

Researchers noted patients were much more likely to be afflicted with myocarditis after a SARS-CoV-2 infection than after receiving a vaccine.

U.S. N95 Respirator Supply Finally Deemed Adequate

Federal regulators remove devices from shortage list.

Adeno-Associated Virus 2 May Be the Cause of Unexplained Hepatitis in Children

With next-generation sequencing and real-time polymerase chain reaction, researchers detected adeno-associated virus 2 in the plasma of 9/9 patients and in the liver of 4/4 patients but not in healthy controls, children with adenovirus infection and normal liver function, or children admitted to the hospital with hepatitis of another etiology.

Poliovirus in London and New York

Poliovirus is present in wastewater in London and New York and has caused polio in a man in the New York City metropolitan area.

Marburg Virus Outbreak in Ghana — Should We Worry?

An outbreak of Marburg virus disease, an illness resembling Ebola, is occurring in Ghana, only the second such event in West Africa. Will it spread beyond Africa?

Parechovirus Meningoencephalitis in Infants

Parechovirus A3 is a leading cause of meningoencephalitis in infants.

Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (NVX-CoV2373)

Novavax is authorized to be administered to patients age 18 years and older for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19 Rebound

Symptomatic and virologic recrudescence after treatment of patients with COVID-19 with Paxlovid occurs in a tiny percentage of patients and generally is mild and self-limited.