Don't Try ARBs for Severe COVID, Trial Indicates Harms seen without any compensating survival benefit Jul 12, 2024
Thousands of Oregon Hospital Patients May Have Been Exposed to Infectious Diseases An anesthesiologist may not have followed infection control practices Jul 12, 2024
Newborn Hep B Vax Refusal Rates Dropped During Pandemic, D.C. Study Finds Hospital setting may offer unique opportunity to increase vaccination rates Jul 11, 2024
Houston Hospitals Backed Up; Nurses Vote to Strike; Dengue Spreading in NY, NJ Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 11, 2024
Nirsevimab Effectiveness Against Severe RSV Holds Up in Real-World Study Monoclonal antibody also reduced PICU admissions, need for ventilatory support Jul 10, 2024
What Cognitive Tests Show; Pig Kidney Recipient Dies; Human Plague Case Reported Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 10, 2024
Pandemic Lockdowns Might Have Prevented Wheeze in a Generation of Babies Italian study emphasizes the role of RSV prophylaxis Jul 09, 2024
Maternal RSV Vaccine Appears Safe, Real-World Study Finds However, vaccine was associated with modest risk of maternal hypertensive disorders Jul 08, 2024
GOP House to Investigate Biden's Doctor; Record-Breaking Heat; Emhoff Has COVID Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 08, 2024
The Early Days of the AIDS Crisis Felt Like 'Putting Band-Aids on a Hemorrhage' An adapted excerpt from Anthony Fauci's new book, On Call Jul 06, 2024
Can Oligonucleotide Infusions Really Fix Lyme, Cancer, and Other Diseases? U.S. clinics market oligonucleotide therapy for a wide range of conditions, without much evidence Jul 05, 2024
Extended-Infusion Antibiotics Tied to Reduced Mortality From Bloodstream Infections Benefit limited to patients with severe illness or elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations Jul 04, 2024
Another Person Tests Positive for Bird Flu, CDC Says Colorado dairy worker becomes the fourth human case tied to dairy cattle outbreak Jul 04, 2024
Physician Burnout Rate Drops; Tattoo Ink Contamination; Dengue Fever in Florida Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 03, 2024
Uveitis in Kids Linked With Risk of Cataracts Over 20 Years Use of steroid eye drops, methotrexate appeared to be risk factors Jul 01, 2024
Trump's False Comment; H5N1 Pandemic Unfolding in Slo-Mo? Researcher's Fraud Charge Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 01, 2024
Did Cold Medications Affect Biden's Debate Performance? How the American people assess the debate hinges on the answer Jun 29, 2024
CDC Advisors Back Updated COVID, Flu Vaccines for the Fall ACIP also votes to recommend new pneumococcal vaccine for adults Jun 28, 2024
Most Kids Getting Antibiotics for Pink Eye Against Guideline Advice "There are more supportive measures we can take without resorting to antibiotic eye drops" Jun 28, 2024
Sen. Durbin's Surgery; Dangerous Bacteria on Apple Watches? Princess Anne Discharged Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 28, 2024
The Promise of Bacteriophage Therapy to Fight Drug-Resistant Superbugs A conversation on living with cystic fibrosis and the threat of antimicrobial resistance Jun 27, 2024 video
More Evidence That Flu Is Linked to Heart Attacks Of surprise was the finding that the risk was highest for patients without CAD hospitalization Jun 26, 2024
CDC Assists in Study Testing for Asymptomatic Bird Flu in Humans Agency will explore spread, assess countermeasures, estimate risk of pandemic potential Jun 25, 2024
CDC Tells Docs to Be Alert for Dengue as Cases Ramp Up Worldwide Even in the U.S., local mosquitoes are a growing threat Jun 25, 2024
What's Driving Avian Influenza Virus Evolution? Human Food Systems What we do next really matters Jun 25, 2024
Real-World Analysis Identifies Meds Tied to Higher Risk of Liver Injury Case reports may not be as reliable, researchers say Jun 25, 2024
Are You Ready to Diagnose Valley Fever? The dust-borne fungal blight has many forms, and its footprint is growing Jun 24, 2024
Court: Some Employers Can Exclude PrEP, Cancer Screenings From Insurance Coverage Not all preventive care recommended by the USPSTF is threatened by the narrow ruling, however Jun 24, 2024
King Charles' Sister Hospitalized; Mask Bill Vetoed; NFL Legend's Health Scare Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 24, 2024
Preventing Surgical-Site Infections; Drugs Go Head to Head for Ischemic Stroke Also in TTHealthWatch: managing obesity in children and adolescents Jun 22, 2024 podcast
Antibiotics May Not Be Necessary to Prevent Endophthalmitis After Cataract Surgery Infections were extremely rare when surgeons relied only on low-strength povidone iodine Jun 20, 2024
Lawmakers Sharply Question Experts About COVID's Origin "Lab leak" versus natural origin in the spotlight at hearing Jun 18, 2024
Trump Cussed Out Fauci; Midwife Destroyed Vaccines; Ian McKellen Hospitalized Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 18, 2024
Secret Pentagon Anti-Vax Campaign; FDA's Tylenol Warning; E. Coli at the Olympics Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 17, 2024
H5N1 Is Highly Lethal, but Only in Some Animals. Scientists Want to Know Why. And what if the virus mutates in a way that changes all that? Jun 16, 2024
Some Pasteurization Methods May Not Clear H5N1 in Heavily Infected Milk In experimental study, trace infectious virus detectable in some samples heated for short periods Jun 14, 2024
Doc Paralyzed After COVID; Legionella at Medicare HQ; Mystery Grand Canyon Illness Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 14, 2024
Prior COVID Infection May Protect Against Some Common Colds Researcher suggests finding could be key to vaccines that protect against multiple viruses Jun 13, 2024
Oprah Hospitalized; Senator in Car Crash; Oldest American Man Dies Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 12, 2024