Do We Simply Not Care About Old People? The pandemic was a wake-up call on how we care for older adults Feb 18, 2024
Reversing Anticoagulation in Hemorrhagic Stroke; E-Cigs for Smoking Cessation Also in TTHealthWatch: an online program for long COVID Feb 17, 2024 podcast
Hospital-at-Home Could Be a Double-Edged Sword Equity and infection prevention are cause for concern Feb 17, 2024
Discrimination Rampant in Healthcare; Spring COVID Booster? Lyme Disease Jumps 69% Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 16, 2024
Lawmakers Clash Over COVID Vaccine Safety at House Hearing Purpose of CDC's VAERS reporting system debated Feb 15, 2024
Shingrix Tied to Higher Risk of Ophthalmic Shingles Recurrence Patients with a history of herpes zoster ophthalmicus who get the vaccine need careful monitoring Feb 15, 2024
COVID's Latest Adaptation: It Has Lulled Us to Sleep My doctor's refusal to prescribe "just-in-case" Paxlovid speaks volumes Feb 15, 2024
CDC's Tracking a New COVID Variant: BA.2.87.1 More than 30 changes in its spike protein has prompted agency to keep a close eye Feb 15, 2024
Shooting at Super Bowl Parade; Accidental Incest; Chronic Fatigue After COVID Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 15, 2024
Novel Antibiotic Combo Bests Meropenem for Complicated UTIs Cefepime-taniborbactam had sustained efficacy for up to a month after treatment Feb 14, 2024
Oldest Patient 'Cured' of HIV Still in Remission 5 Years After Transplant for AML But it's unlikely stem cell transplants will ever be large-scale cure for HIV, says expert Feb 14, 2024
Exercise and COVID; Can Smells Help Depression? Car Crashes Into Hospital ED Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 14, 2024
Study: Let's Revisit Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Joint Replacement One center's experience puts recent policy in doubt Feb 13, 2024
Ebola Vaccine Given Post-Infection Protects Against Death Study reinforces importance of vaccinating at-risk groups as early as possible, authors say Feb 13, 2024
Death From Alaskapox Virus: What to Know Small mammals, especially voles, may be behind the cases Feb 13, 2024
One in 10 People With COVID During Pregnancy Will Develop Long COVID This appears to be less than the general adult population, researcher says Feb 13, 2024
Midline Catheters Go Head-to-Head With PICCs for Bloodstream Infections For dwell times of 15 days or less, midline catheters noninferior, single-center study finds Feb 13, 2024
Novel Oral Antibiotic Effective Against Uncomplicated UTIs Gepotidacin could be first new class of oral antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI in over 20 years Feb 12, 2024
State Reports Human Plague Case; Lloyd Austin Admitted Again; Man Dies Mid-Flight Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 12, 2024
Possibility of Animal-to-Human Jump Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease Most likely route for spillover would be via people who eat venison Feb 11, 2024
Flu Hangs on in the U.S., Fading in Some Areas and Intensifying in Others COVID seems to have peaked at around the same time Feb 11, 2024
Use These Antibiotics for Close Contacts of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, CDC Says Amid upswing in cipro-resistant cases, health departments should be vigilant, agency warned Feb 09, 2024
Outpatient Visits Among Veterans Increased After COVID Number of visits remained higher for a year, reflecting persistent health effects of infection Feb 09, 2024
Knee Pain Leads to Shocking Diagnosis: Medical Mystery Solved Siobhan Deshauer, MD, reviews a mystery diagnosis Feb 09, 2024
Amid Surge, CDC Unveils New Syphilis Testing Guidance First "one-stop shopping" resource for info on syphilis tests Feb 08, 2024
Fauci Will Reflect on Long Government Career in Upcoming Book "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" will be published in June Feb 08, 2024
Long COVID Patients Saw Improvements After Group Rehab Program More patients reported feeling "much better now" compared with usual care group Feb 08, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: Fever. Rash. Tachycardia. Hypotension. We Need a Diagnosis Quickly. A 16-year-old girl was brought to the ER due to fever, chills, and a diffuse sunburn-like rash that had developed over the past day. Can you diagnose the patient? Feb 08, 2024
Trader Joe's Food Alert; DEA Reverses Decision; Going Maskless Is Not Free Speech Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 08, 2024
Iatrogenic Fusarium Solani Meningitis Cases Caused Severe Injury to Brain Stem Combination of novel antifungal, steroids, and surgery likely saved some, report shows Feb 07, 2024
Does the Current Cheese Listeria Outbreak Really Date Back 10 Years? Experts weigh in on how such outbreaks are ultimately uncovered Feb 07, 2024
High-Risk HPV in Women Heightens Risk of Heart Disease Death Korean study finds over threefold greater mortality risk from ASCVD, ischemic heart disease Feb 07, 2024
Bivalent Vax Protected Kids From Symptomatic COVID "Every different way that we sliced this, we found that the vaccine was effective" Feb 06, 2024 video
Candida Auris: What to Know About the Fungal Infection Spreading Across the U.S. The multidrug-resistant organism colonizes skin, lingers on surfaces Feb 06, 2024
More Evidence Maternal COVID Vaccination Safe for Newborns Lower mortality rate, fewer brain lesions in vaccine-exposed neonates, study found Feb 06, 2024
King Charles' Health History; Supreme Court to Weigh COVID Misinfo; Toby Keith Dies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 06, 2024
What We Know About King Charles III's Health History From COVID-19 to polo injuries to "sausage fingers" Feb 06, 2024
Rudest Doctor's Office Behavior; Disease Spread by Dog Poop; Defining Sobriety Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Feb 05, 2024
What Does AI Say About the Claims on Ivermectin for COVID? We put the technology to the test Feb 04, 2024