Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Research Roundup: Cancer; Dental Antibiotics; Transplant Recipients and Covid; Meningococcal Vaccine
A study has discovered a new relationship between cancer cells and the immune system, and shows how cancer can selfishly hijack a normally helpful immune pathway. (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 8/23)
A retrospective study of US national data shows that dental antibiotic prescribing rates remained unchanged from 2012 through 2019, US researchers reported yesterday in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. (Dall, 8/23)
COVID-19 infections among 2,400 vaccinated transplant recipients were common (19.7%) during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant predominance in the United States, but only 7.5% needed hospitalization, estimates a study published late last week in JAMA Network Open. (Van Beusekom, 8/21)
A study of nearly 1.7 million children younger than 6 years in Italy estimates that the 4-component protein-based (4CMenB) vaccine is over 90% effective against serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). (Van Beusekom, 8/21)
