Largest Ivermectin Trial Fails to Show Benefit in COVID Outpatients Antiparasitic didn't result in lower incidence of hospital admission or prolonged ED stay Mar 30, 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
Moderna's COVID Vax for Youngest Kids Hits Important Milestones Company plans to submit to FDA for emergency use authorization Mar 23, 2022
Shoulder Injury More Common After Certain Vaccines Population-based approach looks at highest risk intramuscular jabs, demographic factors Mar 21, 2022
COVID Vaccines Staved Off Severe Outcomes During Omicron Racial disparities in hospitalizations also highlighted in latest CDC studies Mar 18, 2022
Advocates to Government: 'Go Big' on HIV Prevention Efforts Overhaul needed to improve access and cost after systemic failures, experts say Mar 16, 2022
Judge Halts Texas' Trans Investigations; Obama Has COVID; Child Deaths and Omicron A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 14, 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
COVID's Death Toll 3 Times Worse Than Official Counts In U.S. alone, excess deaths were 300,000 higher than those attributed to virus Mar 10, 2022
CMS Sepsis Measurement Under Fire Measure doesn't work and its re-endorsement process was flawed, critics say Mar 08, 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
White House COVID Plan Stresses 'New Moment' in the Pandemic Congressional funding necessary to step up access to treatment, enhanced surveillance Mar 02, 2022
Hostility Against Hospitals Raged During COVID; Long COVID Patients Lack Safety Net This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 02, 2022
FLCCC, IncellDx at Odds Over Long COVID Protocols Both groups face scrutiny over long COVID recommendations Mar 01, 2022
Severe Outcomes Declined During Omicron in South Africa Data found widespread seropositivity, but fewer hospitalizations, deaths Feb 23, 2022
Malone Harassed Doc Who Reported Him to Medical Board; Pain Clinic Fraud Scheme This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 23, 2022
FDA Eyes Second Booster; The Queen Tests Positive; Paul Farmer Dies at 62 A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Feb 22, 2022
Ivermectin Flops Again for COVID, This Time in High-Risk Adults Malaysian trial finds no difference in progression to severe disease over standard of care Feb 18, 2022
HIV Self-Tests Reached High-Risk Populations CDC researchers found a substantial minority of patients had never been tested Feb 18, 2022
Doc Group Pushes Ivermectin for Long COVID FLCCC promotes 20 therapies: like "throwing spaghetti against the wall," one expert says Feb 17, 2022
U.S. Sees Drop in Lifetime Risk of HIV Diagnosis One of every 120 Americans will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime, analysis suggests Feb 15, 2022
Which Kids Are More Likely to Develop MIS-C? Large U.S. pediatric cohort examined variables that contribute to higher risk Feb 08, 2022
What You Need to Know About That 'Johns Hopkins' Lockdown Study "All of this adds up to a very weird review paper" Feb 07, 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
CDC Isolation Guidance for Public Fails Test in Study Pre-print on hospital workers finds sizable proportion still positive 5 days after symptom onset Feb 04, 2022
Restaurant Ensnared in Doc's Alleged Ivermectin, HCQ Prescribing Scheme Edith Behr, MD, fired over accusations of prescribing drugs via Taste of Sicily's Facebook page Feb 04, 2022
Gay, Lesbian Adults Vaxxed Against COVID at Higher Clip However, disparities by race persist Feb 04, 2022
Army Boots Vax Refuseniks; 'Havana Syndrome' Culprit ID'd; More Spotify Fallout A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Feb 03, 2022
Challenge Trial Shows People With COVID Shed Virus After Just 2 Days No safety concerns in small study of healthy young adults, supporting further trials, authors say Feb 02, 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
COVID Self-Testers May Get Quarantine Wrong With 'Authorized' Instructions Potential gains with at-home kits if users know how to interpret negative results Jan 31, 2022
Two Nurses Charged With Selling Fake COVID Vax Cards Julie DeVuono and Marissa Urraro earned some $1.5 million from scheme Jan 31, 2022
Another COVID Vaccine Garners Full FDA Approval Moderna's Spikevax approved for adults ages 18 and up Jan 31, 2022
IV Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin No Help in Severe COVID Randomized trial finds no benefit for hospitalized patients Jan 28, 2022
So, Your Patient Just Asked About CBD for COVID-19? David Aronoff, MD, discusses an early study on CBD and on how to address interested patients Jan 28, 2022 video
CDC: Third Dose Guarded Immunocompromised From Severe COVID High VE for both immunocompromised and immunocompetent adults during Delta Jan 27, 2022
Fact Check: Remdesivir Isn't Killing People False claims made during senator's hearing that featured "disinformation docs" Jan 27, 2022
Remdesivir Now Approved for COVID Outpatients, Too FDA expands indication of Veklury to bolster supply of treatment during Omicron surge Jan 22, 2022
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
