Receiving a Tdap vaccination during the third trimester of a pregnancy provides protection against whooping cough for the first two months of the baby’s life, according to a CDC study published Feb. 6 in JAMA Pediatrics.
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FDA seeks data from at-home COVID-19 tests
The FDA is encouraging people to anonymously report the results of at-home COVID-19 tests to help public health officials better track virus trends.
A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats
New research links habitat destruction with the spillover of viruses from animals to humans.
Ohio measles outbreak is over, health officials say
An outbreak of measles a few months ago has now been reported to be over, according to Ohio’s Columbus City Health Department.
Tuberculosis patient's treatment refusal prompts court orders
Health officials in Washington state have filed numerous court orders requiring a woman with an active tuberculosis infection to isolate and receive treatment, NBC News reported Jan. 3.
Tuberculosis patient's treatment refusal prompts court orders
Health officials in Washington state have filed numerous court orders requiring a woman with an active tuberculosis infection to isolate and receive treatment, NBC News reported Jan. 3.
A Technicality Could Keep RSV Shots From Kids in Need
The Vaccines for Children program, which buys more than half the pediatric vaccines in the U.S., may not cover the RSV shot for babies because it’s not technically a vaccine.
Up to 56% of adults have received inappropriate antibiotics for bacterial infections: study
Up to 56 percent of U.S. adults received inappropriate antibiotics for common bacterial respiratory infections between 2016 and 2018, according to findings from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.
A new tool to reduce COVID-19 vaccine 'deserts'
Research released Feb. 2 and led by experts from Boston Children’s Hospital examined the widespread barrier of vaccine deserts, defined as geographic areas that are “more than a 15-minute drive to the closest active COVID-19 vaccination site.”
Flu positivity falls to 2%: 6 notes
Just 2 percent of more than 69,000 specimens tested for influenza at clinical laboratories in the U.S. were positive for the week ending Jan. 28, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report. During the height of the flu outbreak in early December, the…
