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    Infectious Disease

    Current respiratory virus activity

    Erin Brady
    Jan. 29, 2025
    CDC’s Respiratory Virus Activity Levels report.
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    Infectious Disease

    Younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adults

    LABline
    Nov. 22, 2024
    New study from Northwestern Medicine finds symptoms occurred regardless of mild or severe COVID-19 infection.
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    Infectious Disease

    WHO adds LC16m8 mpox vaccine to Emergency Use Listing

    LABline
    Nov. 21, 2024
    This decision is expected to facilitate increased and timely access to vaccines in communities where mpox outbreaks are surging.
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    Infectious Disease

    Rapid increase in Oropouche virus in Western hemisphere

    LABline
    Nov. 20, 2024
    Health officials warn that the vector-borne illness has potential for sexual transmission.
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    Infectious Disease

    California confirms first clade I mpox case

    LABline
    Nov. 18, 2024
    CDC to receive samples for addition viral characterization.
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    Infectious Disease

    Measles cases surge worldwide

    LABline
    Nov. 15, 2024
    Measles infected 10.3 million people in 2023.
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    Infectious Disease

    CDC recommends second dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine for people at risk

    LABline
    Nov. 12, 2024
    CDC and ACIP will continue to monitor COVID-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness.
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    Infectious Disease

    Tuberculosis resurges as top infectious disease killer

    LABline
    Oct. 30, 2024
    WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2024.
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    Infectious Disease

    CDC recommends lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50 years old

    LABline
    Oct. 30, 2024
    CDC recommendation to prepare for the winter respiratory season.
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    Infectious Disease

    Transforming diagnostics in GI infections: The role of molecular testing

    David Allen, PharmD, BCIDP
    Oct. 28, 2024
    To take the test online go HERE. For more information, visit the Continuing Education tab. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this article, the reader will be able to: 1. ...
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    Infectious Disease

    COVID-19 study reveals virus-induced inflammation during pregnancy, redefines vertical transmission

    LABline
    Oct. 18, 2024
    A protein made by SARS-CoV-2 can pass through the placenta and cause serious inflammatory immune responses in the fetus for 66% of pregnancies.

    Infectious Disease

    Courtesy of the NIH
    20241016mpoxvirus
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    Courtesy of NIAID, NIH
    Colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (blue) cultivated and purified from cell culture. NIAID.
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    Courtesy of the CDC
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