Top 5 Takeaways JYNNEOS Vaccine Distribution: Over 931,000 JYNNEOS vaccine doses were administered in the U.S. from May 22 to October 10, 2022, as part of the monkeypox outbreak response.
Tag: Infectious Disease
Top 5 Takeaways High Impact on MSM: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly Black MSM, were the most affected by the 2022 U.S. monkeypox
Top 5 Takeaways Pronounced Disparities: From April to July 2022, Paxlovid treatment among COVID-19 patients aged ≥20 years was significantly lower for Black (35.8% less) and Hispanic (29.9% less) patients
Top 5 Takeaways Influenza A(H3N2) virus, specifically clade 3C.2a1b.2a.2, emerged in Chile much earlier than in pre-pandemic seasons, resulting in 1,002 hospitalizations in 2022. The influenza vaccination was found to
Top 5 Takeaways Wastewater Testing Identified PV2 in New York: Wastewater testing in New York detected poliovirus type 2 (PV2), genetically related to the virus from a paralytic polio case
Top 5 Takeaways Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness: The bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was found to be 47% effective in preventing thromboembolic events in immunocompetent persons aged ≥65 years and
Top 5 Takeaways Prevalence and Demographics: Monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections in children and adolescents aged <18 years constituted only 0.3% of all U.S. cases during the study period, with no
Top 5 Takeaways: Safety Profile Similar to Monovalent Boosters: Early safety findings for bivalent COVID-19 mRNA booster doses in persons aged ≥12 years are consistent with those reported for monovalent
Top 5 Takeaways Outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus in Uganda: From September 18 to October 31, 2022, Uganda experienced its fifth outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) caused by Sudan ebolavirus,
Top 5 Takeaways HIV Testing and PrEP Prescriptions Decreased Then Rebounded: In 2020, a decline in HIV testing and preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescriptions was observed in the first half of