ASCLS eNewsBytes

• Bivalent booster helps prevent symptoms from XBB.1.5 January 30, 2023
  New data for the bivalent COVID-19 booster shot shows that it cuts the risk in half for symptomatic infection from the now predominant Omicron subvariant, XBB.
• Early cardiovascular disease may speed up cognitive decline in middle age January 30, 2023
  Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of global mortality and disability. Although the CVD burden is declining in those aged over 50, current rates of CVD below this age have either remained steady or increased. In high-income countries, lifestyle factors, such as obesity, lack of physical activity and poor diet, are all increasing the incidence […]
• 'Incredibly concerning': Bird flu outbreak at Spanish mink farm triggers pandemic fears January 30, 2023
  When mink at a big farm in Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain, started to die in October 2022, veterinarians initially thought the culprit might be SARS-CoV-2, which has struck mink farms in several other countries. However, lab tests soon revealed something scarier: a deadly avian influenza virus named H5N1. Authorities immediately placed workers on […]
• Type 1 diabetes screening reaches 'potentially pivotal moment' with new treatment option January 30, 2023
  The benefits of type 1 diabetes screening have long been up for debate, but FDA approval of the first therapy to delay the disease's onset may be changing the conversation. In November, the FDA approved teplizumab-mzwv to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes for both adults and children aged 8 years and older with […]
• Risk prediction models tend to underpredict cardiovascular disease risk in HIV January 30, 2023
  HIV-specific cardiovascular disease risk models tended to underpredict risk, reinforcing recommendations to consider HIV infection as a risk factor for CVD.