Since March, 2020, excess mortality—the number of all-cause deaths exceeding the baseline number of expected deaths—has been observed in waves coinciding with COVID-19 outbreaks in the USA and worldwide.1,2 However, after February, 2022, the reported number of COVID-19-associated deaths decreased despite a notable spring wave of infections primarily due to omicron subvariants (BA.2, BA.2.12.1,…
Participants who received a bivalent mRNA booster vaccine dose had lower rates of hospitalisation due to COVID-19 than participants who did not receive a bivalent…
Participants who received a bivalent mRNA booster vaccine dose had lower rates of hospitalisation due to COVID-19 than participants who did not receive a bivalent…
Repeated vaccination increases SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in KTRs, without further enhancement by use of a higher dose, a heterologous vaccine, or 2 weeks discontinuation of mycophenolate…
This systematic review, commissioned and funded by WHO, aimed to update a review of infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions at a national level to…
LFDs remained able to detect most SARS-CoV-2 infections throughout vaccine roll-out and across different viral variants. LFDs can potentially detect most infections that transmit to…
Rapid antigen test devices (also known as lateral flow devices; LFDs) have emerged as an important tool in the early detection of SARS-CoV-2.1 In The…
Almost 9 million health-care-associated infections have been estimated to occur each year in European hospitals and long-term care facilities, and these lead to an increase…
The FDA has authorised bivalent booster vaccines containing mRNA for the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 variant as well as B.1.1.529.4 (BA.4) and B.1.1.529.5 (BA.5), the latter being…
As the chief executive officer of Google and its parent company Alphabet, Sundar Pichai said, “A diverse mix of voices leads to better discussions, decisions,…
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of illness and death globally, the annual WHO Global TB Report stated that 1·6 million people died from TB…
