Emerging Diseases

Six former advisers published opinion articles Thursday in JAMA detailing what needs to be done now to put a plan in place

Most EUAs were for diagnostic products; most supported by comparisons with previously authorized assays, analytical in vitro studies

Change will be welcome news to people who refrained from traveling for fear they would get stranded in a foreign country

As omicron appears to produce less severe illness than delta, its overall effect might end up having a positive side

However, female health care workers had lower preparedness and awareness scores than male counterparts

Apart from fall 2020, hip fracture surgery volumes among older individuals were lower than among historic controls until vaccination

More than a dozen research groups have been observing the omicron variant in lab settings using animals this past month

Fewer hospitalizations, reduced severity of illness, lower mortality seen in fourth wave compared with previous waves of COVID-19

Vaccine effectiveness 70 percent compared with 93 percent against hospitalization for COVID-19 during delta predominance