research summary
research summary
07/14/2026
Anthony Calabro, MA
A retrospective surveillance study of critical care units at a tertiary care hospital found high CAUTI/UTI and CLABSI rates, with CLABSI rates increasing 2.64-fold during the COVID-19 era.
07/14/2026
Respiratory Diseases Roundup
Respiratory Diseases Roundup
07/14/2026
Ashton L. Stahl
Recent studies address Long COVID surveillance, household transmission, updated vaccine effectiveness, kidney outcomes, and influenza vaccine coadministration.
07/14/2026
Research Summary
Research Summary
07/08/2026
Anthony Calabro, MA
Improving TDF-FTC uptake among US young men who have sex with men on HIV PrEP could yield substantial 10-year value, while a hypothetical study eliminating adverse event uncertainty would not change the...
07/08/2026
Research Summary
Research Summary
06/30/2026
Anthony Calabro, MA
In an international Bayesian adaptive RCT of adults with MSSA bacteremia, cefazolin was noninferior to flucloxacillin or cloxacillin for 90-day all-cause mortality and was associated with less acute kidney...
06/30/2026
FDA Approval
FDA Approval
06/23/2026
Anthony Calabro, MA
The FDA approved ensitrelvir (Xocova) for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older following contact with an individual with COVID-19.
06/23/2026
Research Summary
Research Summary
05/27/2026
Ashton L. Stahl
In a phase 3 trial, ensitrelvir reduced symptomatic COVID-19 after household exposure when started within 72 hours.
05/27/2026
Long COVID Roundup
Long COVID Roundup
05/14/2026
Anthony Calabro, MA
Recent studies in children and adults associate long COVID with worsened academic performance, attention difficulties, subjective cognitive impairment, and persistent neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. ...
05/14/2026
FDA Approval
FDA Approval
05/13/2026
Anthony Calabro, MA
The FDA approved a once-daily, 2-drug oral regimen for adults with virologically suppressed HIV-1 to replace existing antiretroviral therapy.
05/13/2026
Respiratory Diseases Roundup
Respiratory Diseases Roundup
04/21/2026
Kate Young
New reports detail the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2, Long COVID disability burden, sarbecovirus cross-immunity, and how stacked outpatient risk factors shape severe COVID-19 outcomes.
04/21/2026
Research Summary
Research Summary
04/13/2026
Kate Young
A multisite surveillance study published in Pediatrics assessed trends and determinants of influenza antiviral use in hospitalized children across the United States before and during the late COVID-19...
04/13/2026