What Do We Know About Paxlovid Rebound? And how should clinicians handle relapses after a 5-day course? May 06, 2022
Two New Regimens Win FDA Approval for H. Pylori Infection Dual and triple vonoprazan-based treatments offer physicians another set of options May 04, 2022
Three Key Strategies to Improve Maternal Vaccination Rates We can do more to protect pregnant women and their children May 01, 2022
Climate Change Predicted to Accelerate Animal-to-Human Viral Spillover Cross-species transmission most likely to occur in Africa and Asia, researchers predict Apr 28, 2022
Topical Antisepsis May Thwart SSIs in Upper Aerodigestive Tract Reconstruction Preoperative topical antisepsis mucosal preparation associated with 51% fewer infections Apr 28, 2022
Biden Administration Beefs Up Access to COVID Antiviral Pills Secures 20 million courses of Paxlovid, plans to offer antiviral at up to 20,000 more pharmacies Apr 26, 2022
White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Apr 05, 2022
Nafcillin a Safe Option for Late-Onset Sepsis in Preemies Guidelines to reduce vancomycin use at an Ohio hospital did not affect mortality rate Apr 05, 2022
Higher Dose Primaquine Promising for Malaria Relapse Prevention Brazilian study found more patients avoided relapse versus currently recommended regimen Mar 31, 2022
Simpler Antifungal Course Works for Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa Single high-dose antifungal-based regimen non-inferior to standard WHO-recommended treatment Mar 23, 2022
Third U.S. Case of Congenital Varicella in the Last 25 Years CDC researchers report on an Illinois woman who contracted the virus during pregnancy Mar 11, 2022
CMS Sepsis Measurement Under Fire Measure doesn't work and its re-endorsement process was flawed, critics say Mar 08, 2022
EHR 'Nudge' Linked to Fewer C. Diff Tests for Organ Transplant Recipients The program also led to fewer days of antibiotics and cost savings Mar 07, 2022
Brain Changes Seen After Mild COVID Infection Tissue damage, brain shrinkage, cognitive decline emerge in longitudinal study Mar 07, 2022
CDC Rats Out First U.S. Transmission of Seoul Hantavirus Case report documents two locally transmitted cases of this infection in D.C. Mar 04, 2022
CDC Details Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak Tropical disease hit middle America and could pop up again, agency scientists say Mar 02, 2022
10 鶹ý With the Lowest Hourly Rate Calculated by annual salary divided by number of hours worked Feb 23, 2022
Laws Stripping Public Health Powers a 'Terrifying Step Back,' Says Former HHS Chief But some laws and proposed laws are not all bad, argues public health expert Feb 23, 2022
Full Data on Pfizer's Oral COVID Drug Now Published Journal paper adds details supporting press release claims, FDA authorization Feb 17, 2022
Novel Drug Shows Promise for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Challenge trial involving healthy adults showed superiority to placebo at multiple doses Feb 16, 2022
Was a 19th Century Global Pandemic a Case of COVID 1.0? Medical historians suspect Russian flu was caused by a coronavirus and holds lessons for today Feb 15, 2022
Discouraging Our Children From Becoming Doctors The other "Great Resignation" in medicine Feb 10, 2022
ACIP Embraces Spikevax Amid Serious Talk of Changing mRNA Dosing Interval Would longer time between doses do the trick to reduce myocarditis risk? Feb 04, 2022
More Evidence Fuels Debate Over Strep Infections and Tics Group A strep not tied to tics in kids with family history Feb 03, 2022
Can We Catch COVID From Our Pets? Jumps between species provide ample opportunity for virus to change, says Benjamin tenOever Feb 01, 2022 video
False Negatives Still Common With COVID PCR Testing Pathologist says one in five people get negative result even if they have COVID Jan 21, 2022
Microbiome Therapy Cut Post-Antibiotic C. Diff Recurrence Phase III trial showed "two-pronged" approach worked, regardless of age, antibiotic type Jan 19, 2022
Vaccination, Religion, and Science: An Astonishing 300-Year-Old Story It's time for a history lesson in the roots of vaccine advocacy and resistance Jan 19, 2022
MS Risk Skyrockets After Epstein-Barr Virus, but Not Other Infections Findings show "compelling evidence of causality" Jan 13, 2022
Don't Expect Much From COVID Vax in This Patient Group With rituximab on board, even third doses didn't induce meaningful antibody response Jan 13, 2022
Doctor Submits Fluvoxamine EUA Application to FDA Group of physician-scientists believes data support authorization for treating COVID-19 Dec 29, 2021
Medical Examiners Report Demands to Remove COVID From Death Certificates In other cases, they have been asked to add it, so that families can receive FEMA money Dec 16, 2021
No Extra C. Diff Risk Observed With Vedolizumab in Ulcerative Colitis Retrospective study found no increased risk versus anti-TNF agents, but more research is needed Dec 11, 2021
Despite Pandemic Spotlight, Infectious Disease Not a Sought-After Specialty Specialty has long struggled to fill fellowship training positions Dec 09, 2021
An Inside Look at a New York Lab Working With Omicron NYU virologist: "What Omicron represents is scary, but Omicron itself is not scary" Dec 09, 2021
Hospitals Confront New Accreditation Standards to Come Small, rural sites may be uniquely affected by Joint Commission standards expected in 2022 Dec 06, 2021
Because You Don't Want to Ask a Tyrannosaurus Rex to 'Open Wide!' Noninvasive imaging reveals bone infection in fossilized dinosaur jaw Dec 01, 2021
Make the Diagnosis: Fever and Flank Pain -- What’s Up? A 31-year-old man went to urgent care complaining of fever and chills lasting a few days, which he originally thought was the flu. Nov 30, 2021
Florida Hospitals Face Dueling Vaccine Mandate Rules The stakes are high with Medicare, Medicaid dollars at play Nov 24, 2021
Ivermectin to Curb West Nile Virus? Not Such a Bird-Brained Idea Pilot study suggests alternative to insecticides for vector control Nov 23, 2021
