What Caused Brazil's First Urban Yellow Fever Outbreak in 80 Years? Affected demographic groups offer clues to one theory about its origin Nov 22, 2021
Why Are So Few Sick From COVID in Sub-Saharan Africa? Data from a cohort study in Mali only add to the medical mystery Nov 21, 2021
Ivermectin Works! (For River Blindness in Nigeria) Mass drug administration led to significant progress against the illness in southern Nigeria Nov 18, 2021
Georgia Emergency Doc Tries Again for Congress Rich McCormick, MD, got his political start lobbying on surprise billing Nov 18, 2021
COVID Rapid Test Prices 'Ridiculous' "It's really a travesty these aren't being subsidized appropriately," expert says Nov 18, 2021
Antibiotics Slow Down Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease in Kids GOAL trial supports screening Nov 13, 2021
More Investment Sorely Needed to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Investors, pharma, advocates cite "market failure" in developing new treatments Nov 10, 2021
Are Second COVID Vax Doses Too Risky After Allergic Reaction to the First? Mostly no, says military doctor Nov 10, 2021
What You Need to Know About Kids' COVID Vax Dose Lower dose showed good antibody response, low side effects Nov 04, 2021
Who Are the Scientists Behind the COVID-19 Vaccines? A new book details the personalities, and the science, that made COVID vaccines a reality Nov 02, 2021
Guillain-Barre Risk Up Slightly After Shingrix Findings support FDA warning for recombinant zoster vaccine Nov 01, 2021
Should Doctors Peddling COVID Disinformation Lose Their License? A group of physicians is pushing the Federation of State Medical Boards to do just that Oct 27, 2021 podcast
What's Driving the COVID Rapid Test Shortage? Demand from employers is surging, and so are prices Oct 26, 2021
Fauci Blasted Over Puppy Research Claims Conservative watchdog group unleashes outrage over Beagle studies Oct 26, 2021
How Should Patients With Autoimmune Diseases Approach COVID Vaccination? Mixed messaging and a lack of tailored research leaves providers and patients in the dark Oct 22, 2021
Ivermectin for COVID-19 Linked to Severe Toxicity in Small Study Confusion, ataxia, seizures, hypotension -- and for some, ICU admission Oct 20, 2021
What Do COVID Antibody Levels Really Mean? Commercial tests aren't neutralization assays, but some trends are emerging Oct 20, 2021
Azithromycin Use Tied to Fewer Exacerbations in Asthma Patients Prophylactic benefits observed in real-world study Oct 20, 2021
Antibiotics Used in Dialysis Patients Linked With Sudden Cardiac Death Should floxacins stay or should they go in these patients? Oct 20, 2021
COVID in the ICU: Can Patients Be Too Obese for ECMO? Florida hospital's experience goes against received wisdom Oct 19, 2021
Eradication of Malaria Is Within Reach Distributing the newly recommended vaccine is the next challenge Oct 19, 2021
CDC Now Reports COVID Cases and Deaths by Vax Status New tool also reveals numeric differences between vaccines Oct 19, 2021
New Lefamulin Data Paint Rosy Picture Lead investigator touts efficacy in milder pneumonia Oct 18, 2021
Medicine Must Sanction the COVID Quacks Intent doesn't matter when patients are being harmed Oct 17, 2021
CHEST 2021: Pandemic Still Dominates 18 Months In But the rest of respiratory and thoracic medicine gets its due, too Oct 15, 2021
CPR on a COVID Patient: Not a Moment to Waste Looking for PPE Updated AHA guidance says resuscitation should not be delayed by mask availability Oct 14, 2021
Perinatal COVID: More Answers Needed on Preterm Birth, Maternal Mortality Evolving questions about new moms and infants during the pandemic Oct 11, 2021
How Did Scandinavians Get Their Pre-Pandemic Lives Back? Faith in government acknowledged as key driver of pandemic success Oct 11, 2021
Face Masks May Risk Bacterial Spread to Eyes During Intravitreal Injections No clear link to endophthalmitis after ophthalmologic procedure -- yet Oct 10, 2021
NO Treatment for COVID? New study suggests arginine supplementation may help in cases of severe illness Oct 09, 2021
We Lift Bodies Into the Morgue The physical and emotional toll of the pandemic on providers often goes unseen Oct 08, 2021
An Antiviral Pill to Treat COVID? ZDoggMD shares what we know, and what we still need to determine, about molnupiravir Oct 06, 2021
New Fauci Documentary: 'You Don't Get Intimidated' Anthony Fauci gets personal in new film, opens up about Trump admin and history repeating Oct 05, 2021
Post-Vax Myocarditis Fairly Benign Even in a Diverse Population Experience of California health system suggests cases do not disproportionately affect minorities Oct 04, 2021
Remdesivir Appears Effective in COVID Outpatients, Too But enrollment halted early, and few patients were actually hospitalized Oct 01, 2021
It's Possible to Reduce Unneeded Antibiotic Scripts in Primary Care AHRQ program scores a win for antibiotic stewardship Oct 01, 2021
Kids' Colds Didn't Take a Break During the Pandemic While flu mostly disappeared, little change seen for rhinovirus, enterovirus cases Oct 01, 2021
Accept It: COVID Will Be an Endemic Virus Everyone will meet with the virus eventually, but doing so safely (while vaccinated) is key Sep 22, 2021
COVID Deaths Surpass 1918 Flu Deaths COVID's toll not as heavy, but pandemic isn't over yet Sep 21, 2021
