Infectious disease

The guidance takes effect immediately and will remain in effect throughout the pandemic.
New pandemic guidelines from the CDC nearly eliminates mask-wearing requirement for fully vaccinated people.
Researchers are calling for a “paradigm shift” in indoor ventilation systems to combat COVID-19 and other airborne pathogens.
Sanofi and GSK expect to launch a global pivotal Phase III trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in the coming week.
Proxalutamide, a selective high-affinity silent antagonist of the androgen receptor, is being developed by Chinese biotech, Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited (9939.HK).
Overall, the researchers claim this “Disinformation Dozen” generate approximately 65% of the anti-vaccine misinformation on these platforms.
Although a quiet week for COVID-19-related clinical trial announcements, there were plenty of others. Read on for more information.
Humanigen reported it had held a meeting with the FDA to discuss plans for filing an EUA for its lenzilumab for hospitalized, hypoxic COVID-19 patients by the end of May.
A study, published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrated no obvious safety signals among pregnant persons who received the mRNA vaccines.
Emergent company executives Fuad El-ibri and Robert Kramer will be testifying before a congressional probe after a botched batch of 15 million doses of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine.
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