Weekly Clinical Updates

As infectious diseases such as SARS, Monkeypox, Polio, HIV, and Ebola travel the globe and garner media attention, Parasites Without Borders staff are curating resources in a timely, ongoing basis. We believe the information posted here is worthy of further examination by the science and medical communities. Our primary goal remains to bring the latest medical and biological information to the forefront for researchers and practicing physicians.

FIMRC Fundraiser x Parasites Without Borders Kicks Off This Spring

Throughout May, June, and July, donations made to Parasites Without Borders (PWB) will be matched by the organization and donated to Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC), for a total gift of up to $10,000. Founded in 2002 by Dr. Vikram D. Bakhru, FIMRC is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that works to improve access to care through innovative, self-sustaining health programs. FIMRC works alongside communities to improve health from the ground up — including building necessary infrastructure, such as constructing or updating buildings; ensuring communities have access to a healthcare professional; and educating on preventive health.
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March 20, 2025

The Burden of All-Cause Mortality Following Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations: Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, 2010–2019 | COVID-19 Antiviral Medication Use Among Pregnant and Recently Pregnant U.S. Outpatients | TGFβ Links EBV to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

March 13, 2025

Estimated Effectiveness of Nirsevimab Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus | Risk of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 and Oral Antivirals in Adults Aged Over 60 years: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study

March 7, 2025

Interim Estimates of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years — VISION and IVY Networks, September 2024–January 2025 | Effect of Early and Delayed Treatment with Remdesivir on Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19

February 27, 2025

Effectiveness of the Original Monovalent Messenger RNA Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Series Against Hospitalization for COVID-19–Associated Venous Thromboembolism | Demographic Variation in U.S. Outpatient Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic. | COVID-19 Vaccination and Odds of Post–COVID-19 Condition Symptoms in Children Aged 5 to 17 Years
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February 20, 2025

COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate and Infection Fatality Rate from 2020 to 2023: Nationwide Analysis in Austria | A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 1, Single- and Multiple-dose Placebo-controlled Study of the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of IN-006, an Inhaled Antibody Treatment for COVID-19 in Healthy Volunteers | Ensitrelvir for the Treatment of Nonhospitalized Adults with COVID-19
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February 13, 2025

Ten-Year Surveillance of RSV Hospitalizations in Adults: Incidence Rates and Case Definition Implications | Long-COVID Incidence Proportion in Adults and Children Between 2020 and 2024 | Effect of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Sperm Telomere Length | Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract Outcomes During the Postacute Phase of COVID-19

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