"The government agencies that we have previously counted on to provide us with the factual-based information to support recommendations [on vaccines] are going to be at odds with us. We have to do whatever we can to eliminate the politics of this. It shouldn’t be partisan. Stick with the facts."| www.cidrap.umn.edu
A new case-control study of Brazilian healthcare workers (HCWs) suggests as many as 27% developed long COVID after infection, and multiple infections raised the risk. The findings were published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.| CIDRAP
The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) yesterday reported that a house cat has died from H5N1 avian flu after eating raw frozen pet food, which has prompted the voluntary recall of raw pet food that was sold nationwide through distributors in 12 states as well as in British Columbia.| CIDRAP
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) said yesterday that tests have confirmed H5 avian flu in two cats that died after drinking recalled raw milk that it is investigating three other possible cases in cats that weren't exposed to raw milk.| CIDRAP
The dog became ill after playing with a dead goose.| www.cidrap.umn.edu
Researchers say the findings raise concerns about antibiotic resistance from inappropriate use of broad-spectrum antibiotics.| www.cidrap.umn.edu
A review of 31 studies reveals that long COVID affects 16% of children and adolescents after COVID-19.| www.cidrap.umn.edu
Dr Brosseau is a national expert on respiratory protection and infectious diseases and a research consultant with the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota (UMN). Dr MacIntyre is Professor of Global Security at the University of New South Wales. She coauthored a separate critique of the Jefferson Cochrane review. Dr Ulrich is a UMN assistant professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences and a CIDRAP researcher. Dr Osterholm ...| CIDRAP
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that, for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but having at least one risk factor for severe COVID, the antiviral drug Paxlovid did little to reduce symptom duration, but experts caution the findings might not apply to older patients.| CIDRAP