Author: Shannon Becker
RSV hospitalizations triple in recent weeks in Oregon
(Local News) Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order Monday in response to the surge of pediatric cases and hospitalizations of respiratory viruses, including Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Cases of the virus, commonly known as RSV, have been rising across Oregon for the last four weeks. Brown said this executive order will give hospitals more […]
Nov 15, 2022
California child dies of flu and RSV as cases soar, hospitals threatened
(Los Angeles Times) Flu season has roared to life in California, reaching levels not seen in years and threatening to further strain a healthcare system already contending with an onslaught of RSV cases and still-potent circulation of the coronavirus. Underscoring the worrisome conditions, California Department of Public Health officials on Monday reported the season’s first death of […]
Nov 15, 2022
Can mRNA vaccines transform the fight against Ebola?
(Nature) COVID-19 vaccines that rely on mRNA technology are credited with transforming humanity’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The vaccines — one made by drug giant Pfizer with German biotech firm BioNTech, another by US pharmaceutical company Moderna — sped through clinical trials in just months and gained approval from major regulatory bodies less than a year after […]
Nov 14, 2022
First Ebola death confirmed in Jinja
(Monitor) The 45-year-old, Dan Waiswa, a farmer and resident of Kayalwe B village, in the Buyengo Town Council, Jinja District was admitted at Buwenge Health Center IV following his referral from a private clinic in Buwenge town council early this week
Nov 14, 2022
Uganda confirms Ebola case in country’s east as outbreak expands
(Reuters) An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the country’s health minister said on Sunday, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly infectious and deadly haemorrhagic […]
Nov 14, 2022
‘I Didn’t Think COVID-19 Was Real’: Why 40% Misled During the Pandemic
(MedPageToday) Two in five Americans say they either misled others about their COVID-19 infection or vaccination status, or didn’t follow pandemic-related public health measures, a new study indicated. In a survey involving over 1,700 respondents, 41.6% suggested they either misrepresented and/or did not adhere to at least one of nine survey items, most commonly 24.3% […]
Nov 11, 2022
The burden of respiratory syncytial virus in healthy term-born infants in Europe: a prospective birth cohort study
(Lancet) Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of hospitalisation in infants. The burden of RSV infection in healthy term infants has not yet been established. Accurate health-care burden data in healthy infants are necessary to determine RSV immunisation policy when RSV immunisation becomes available.
Nov 11, 2022
Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection
(Nature) First infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with increased risk of acute and postacute death and sequelae in various organ systems. Whether reinfection adds to risks incurred after first infection is unclear. Here we used the US Department of Veterans Affairs’ national healthcare database to build a cohort of […]
Nov 11, 2022
Boston: ICU full, kids waiting on treatment as RSV cases overwhelm Boston hospitals
(Local News) Pediatric intensive care units are filled to capacity and many young children are waiting on emergency treatment as hospitals in Boston work to combat a surge in respiratory syncytial virus cases, or RSV, officials said Thursday. They are calling it a ‘capacity disaster’ at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Mass General Brigham hospital system […]
Nov 11, 2022
RSV Hospitalizations Surge, Babies Hit Hardest
(WSJ) Emergency departments, pediatric hospitals are strained by unseasonably early rise in respiratory infections High rates of hospitalization with RSV are hitting the youngest children especially hard, part of an unseasonably early surge in respiratory infections. Some 3.0 people for every 100,000 were hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus the week ended Nov. 5, according to federal […]
Nov 11, 2022