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|Articles|February 5, 2023

Weekly Rounds: Norovirus 2022-2023 Season, Rodent Infestations, and More

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending February 3, 2023.

Here are 5 highlights from Infection Control Today®'s (ICT®’s) wide-ranging coverage of the infection prevention and control world. Everything from interviews with known opinion leaders to the news that infection preventionists and other health care professionals can use on their jobs.

Live-Attenuated, Intranasal Vaccines Candidates for RSV and COVID-19

Could live attenuated vaccines and intranasal vaccines be the answer for RSV, COVID-19, and even cancer tumors?

Rodent Infestations and the Spread of Infectious Diseases

Rodents are known to transmit more than 35 illnesses. What signs should environmental services personnel and infection preventionists look for?

Norovirus: Preventing Spread in Food Service and Health Care Facilities

How can food service and health care workers prevent the spread of norovirus? Keeping employees at home, using the correct products the right way, and more.

Norovirus: What Experts Say About the 2022-2023 Season

Are norovirus cases going to skyrocket, or will the pandemic slowdown of this infectious disease continue?

FDA VRBPAC Meeting: Bivalent Vaccines, Natural Immunity, Imprinting, and COVID-19 Hospitalization Rates

The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee laid out a simpler direction for SARS-CoV-2 development and deployment.

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