FDA Approves Long-Acting Antifungal for Treating Candida The once-weekly, next-generation echinocandin is the first new treatment option in a decade Mar 23, 2023
At-Home Topical Therapy for Molluscum Contagiosum Gets High Marks Almost 40% of patients had no more than one active lesion after 12 weeks of berdazimer gel Mar 23, 2023
Outbreak of Polio Linked to Newer Oral Vaccine Detected in Africa First cases reported from nOPV2, but not completely unexpected, says polio eradication group Mar 17, 2023
'Listeria Is Everywhere' Never underestimate this (sometimes) deadly bug that can easily taint modern foods Mar 05, 2023
CDC Offers Tentative Guidance for Severe Mpox Treatment While awaiting trial evidence, CDC summarizes the clinical considerations Mar 02, 2023
Antibiotic Combo Better for Severe Scrub Typhus Than Either Drug Alone Findings represent an important advance for global public health, editorialists say Mar 01, 2023
FDA Flags Potential Guillain-Barre Risk With RSV Vaccine Candidates Both vaccines demonstrated high efficacy against symptomatic illness in large phase III trials Feb 27, 2023
Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis on the Rise in the U.S. This easily transmissible infection causes severe diarrhea, with limited treatment options Feb 24, 2023
Severe Mpox in Advanced HIV Patients Tied to Complications, Death Researchers argue that severe mpox is AIDS-defining; critics say that's stigmatizing Feb 23, 2023
Make the Diagnosis: Why Are These Lumps Here? A 33-year-old woman went to the doctor after noticing painful lumps on her legs that had developed over the past few days, some of which had begun to drain pus. Can you diagnose the patient? Feb 23, 2023
COVID Rebound Not Exclusive to Those on Paxlovid However, these rebound cases were rare and lasted only about 1 day Feb 22, 2023
Study Suggests Path Connecting Periodontal Disease With Rheumatoid Arthritis Exposing immune system to citrullinated bacterial proteins seen as trigger Feb 22, 2023
How Much Did Celebrities Influence Public Opinion on COVID? "I see them as being like a conduit," says one epidemiologist Feb 21, 2023
TB Treatment Strategy Has Potential to Drastically Slash Therapy Duration 8-week regimen, with more for persistent cases, yields similar outcomes to 6-month standard Feb 21, 2023
Some Antipsychotics Still Overused After In-Hospital Delirium Researchers call for more timely discontinuation of potentially inappropriate medications Feb 17, 2023
Chest CTs Reveal Abnormalities 2 Years After Severe COVID 39% of hospitalized Wuhan patients had persistent interstitial lung abnormalities, study finds Feb 15, 2023
What Do We Know About Marburg Virus Disease? WHO announced that Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first outbreak of the rare disease Feb 14, 2023
USPSTF Reaffirms Rec Against Routine Screening for Genital Herpes With no new evidence, guidance remains unchanged from 2016 Feb 14, 2023
What Caused a Mysterious Grayish Tongue Plaque in a Healthy Man? Man presented with irregular gray-white ulcers on the soft palate, uvula, and tonsils Feb 13, 2023
COVID Vaccines Added to 2023 Child, Adult Immunization Schedules Other notable changes include new guidance on polio, MMR, hepatitis B, and pneumococcal vaccines Feb 10, 2023
AUD Diagnoses After COVID Infection Higher at Certain Points in the Pandemic Social context of pandemic offers most plausible explanation, researchers say Feb 09, 2023
Healthy Lifestyle Before Infection Linked to Lower Long COVID Risk Healthy BMI and adequate sleep both independently associated with risk of long COVID Feb 06, 2023
CDC: Maternal Tdap Vaccine Reduced Whooping Cough in Newborns Youngest babies had less pertussis following the 2011 recommendation Feb 06, 2023
BCG Vaccine Flops for Preventing COVID, Other Respiratory Infections Also made no difference for more severe COVID outcomes Feb 03, 2023
Group A Strep's Most Sinister Sequelae A recent uptick in pediatric infections should remind us of the pathogen's many guises Feb 03, 2023
CDC Sounds Alarm on Eye Drops Linked With Drug-Resistant Infection Permanent vision loss, death due to possible contamination leads to product recall Feb 02, 2023
Meningococcal Vaccine 76% Effective for Kids Under 5, Study Says Effectiveness shown against both serogroup B and non-serogroup B disease in Spanish children Feb 01, 2023
Viruses Tied to Subsequent Dementia, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Viral encephalitis and Alzheimer's disease showed strongest links Jan 30, 2023
FDA Panel Backs Weekly Rezafungin for Candidemia, Invasive Candidiasis Efficacy, safety data sufficient to justify "limited use" indication, say panelists Jan 25, 2023
Probiotic Proves Its Might for Staph Decolonization Bacillus subtilis eliminated most S. aureus in the gut, and without harming microbiome Jan 19, 2023
CDC Starts Making Leadership Changes Head of Maine CDC will become deputy director; insider becomes chief medical officer Jan 17, 2023
Epstein-Barr Virus Tracking After Liver Transplant May Cut Rare Complication Observational study provides suggestive evidence Jan 17, 2023
Off-the-Shelf T-Cell Therapy Effective Against Viral Infections After Allo-HCT Produced an antiviral response in 95% of patients with six different types of infection Jan 13, 2023
Fluvoxamine Flops Again for Milder COVID-19 Large platform trial continues the drug's losing streak Jan 12, 2023
Long-Acting HIV Drug Promising for Treatment-Naive Patients Phase II results move field closer to twice-yearly dosing, although ART options remain a hurdle Jan 09, 2023
Kissing Bug Confidential: Priorities for Managing Chagas Disease Is Trypanosoma cruzi closer than we think, and what should we do about it? Jan 08, 2023
CDC Data Show Mpox Risks in Cisgender, Pregnant Women Understanding transmission in pregnant women "is critical for mpox prevention," researchers say Jan 06, 2023
