Shorter Course of Antibiotics Works for Bloodstream Infections With few exceptions, treatment can be shortened to 7 days, researcher says Oct 19, 2024
Novel Monoclonal Antibody Protects Infants Against RSV Clesrovimab reduced severe disease, hospitalizations in preterm and term healthy infants Oct 19, 2024
Whooping Cough in the U.S. Is at a Decade-High Level In Wisconsin, there have been about 1,000 cases so far this year versus a total of 51 last year Oct 19, 2024
Tpoxx No Better Than Placebo for Clade I Mpox "We have no current effective therapies," for mpox, expert warns Oct 18, 2024
How Does This Year's Flu Shot Stack Up? Effectiveness appears to be on a downward trend, CDC data suggest Oct 18, 2024
CDC Reminds Docs About This Flesh-Eating Worm Previously eradicated in the U.S., New World screwworms have been creeping north Oct 18, 2024
Study Offers Clues for Avoiding RMD Flares After COVID Vaccination European registry analysis brings surprises along with the expected Oct 17, 2024
Kids' Neurodevelopment Appears Unharmed by Maternal COVID Infection Study may ease fears about potential neurodevelopmental effects of fetal COVID exposure Oct 17, 2024 video
The Supreme Court's Open Season on Public Health Agencies "I just had this reverence for the court. I don't anymore," says Lawrence Gostin, JD Oct 16, 2024 video
This Cruise Ship Flunked Its CDC Inspection Several others just made the "satisfactory" cutoff Oct 15, 2024
Pharmacist Gets Up to 15 Years in Prison for Meningitis Outbreak Deaths More than 700 people in 20 states were sickened and dozens died, according to the CDC Oct 14, 2024
Nurse in Critical Condition; JD Vance's Mom Got Obamacare; Bird Flu Cluster Grows Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 14, 2024
Excess Deaths Highest Among Younger Minorities During COVID Pandemic Racial, ethnic disparities in all-cause excess deaths worst among those ages 25 to 64 Oct 11, 2024
Marburg Virus' Latest Eruption A veteran fighter against hemorrhagic fevers shares candid thoughts Oct 10, 2024
How Long Should Kids Stay Out of School After They've Had COVID? Healthcare professionals with children weigh in Oct 09, 2024
How Did Public Health Become a Public Enemy at the Supreme Court? Conservative majority is "buying into" anti-science attitudes, warns Lawrence Gostin, JD Oct 09, 2024 video
Can Women Living With HIV Safely Breastfeed? Research on HIV viral landscape in breast milk gives insights for breastfeeding guidelines Oct 07, 2024
Two New Cases of Avian Flu Spotted in California Investigation of Missouri case also continues amid complications Oct 07, 2024
Fauci's West Nile Virus; Nobel Prize for miRNA; Nurse Dies in Hurricane Flood Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 07, 2024
EBV Screening Tied to Lower Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Risk Substantial drops in cancer-specific mortality affirmed in Chinese trial Oct 04, 2024
Rwanda's Marburg Fever Deaths Rise to 11 as Its Source Is Still Being Investigated There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests like Ebola, with 25 in isolation Oct 03, 2024
Rwanda Reports 8 Deaths Linked to Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Most of the affected are healthcare workers Sep 30, 2024
Florida's 'Intimidation Campaign'; Nurses Look to Unionize; Bird Flu and Egg Prices Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 30, 2024
State Reports Rare Human Death From Rabies Fewer than 10 people in the U.S. die from rabies each year Sep 27, 2024
CDC: Kids Born During the Pandemic Got Fewer Routine Vaccinations Declines in vaccination may lead to resurgence of preventable diseases, agency warns Sep 27, 2024
More Healthcare Workers Tied to Missouri H5N1 Bird Flu Case Developed Symptoms All four will have serology testing to determine whether they, too, had H5N1 infection Sep 27, 2024
Certain Oral Bacteria May Be a Risk Factor for Head and Neck Cancer An increase in microbial risk score based on 22 bacteria tied to a 50% increase in HNSCC risk Sep 27, 2024
COVID Preventive Drug Should Work Against Circulating Variants, FDA Now Says The agency has issued a revised fact sheet for healthcare providers Sep 27, 2024
Vaccine Hesitancy Is on the Rise. So Is Whooping Cough. Clear and respectful communication is key to preventing outbreaks like this Sep 27, 2024
Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Rose During the Pandemic Did the resurgence of RSV play a role? Sep 26, 2024
Novel Antiviral Appears Effective for Severe RSV in Infants, Toddlers But will benefits seen in Chinese trial translate to clinical improvement? Sep 25, 2024
Experts Await Serology Results From H5N1 Patient's Close Contacts "If we are seeing human-to-human transmission now, it is a big deal," one expert says Sep 25, 2024
CDC Alerts on Mpox Prevention for Patients Heading to Areas With Clade I Outbreaks Clinicians should urge vaccination, provide patient education to at-risk travelers Sep 23, 2024
Prolonged Symptoms After Lyme Disease: What CDC Wants Doctors to Know Validating patients' symptoms, active listening is critical to prevent "medical wandering" Sep 23, 2024
Mpox: Lessons From 2022 for Future Preparedness We must be ready for possible systemic complications Sep 23, 2024
Pope's Illness; Docs Against Trump; Another Contact of Missouri H5N1 Case Fell Ill Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 23, 2024
High ADHD Medication Doses Tied to Psychosis; Rapid Tests for Malaria Also in TTHealthWatch: youth and opioids, and pembrolizumab for triple-negative breast cancer Sep 21, 2024 podcast
COVID Czar's 'Sex Parties'; Nationwide Drug Recall; Steward CEO Held in Contempt Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 20, 2024
New Genetic Analysis of Animals in Wuhan Market in 2019 May Help Find COVID's Origin Findings "shift the dial more in favor of an animal origin," said one expert Sep 19, 2024