Ob/Gyn Accused of Sex Abuse Found Dead; Massive Medicare Scam; Veggies in the Genes? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 06, 2023
Toxic Megacolon: Day in the Life of a Doctor Make the rounds with Siobhan Deshauer, MD, during a day in the hospital Oct 05, 2023
Severity of RSV Hospitalizations Rivals COVID in Older Adults Consider age, underlying medical conditions in RSV vaccine recs, researchers say Oct 05, 2023
How Bad Will This Respiratory Virus Season Be? CDC Weighs In. Agency officials also outlined recommendations for COVID, RSV, and influenza vaccines Oct 04, 2023
Here's How the Novavax COVID Shot Held Up Against Omicron Italy data suggest protection against symptomatic infection was stable through 4 months Oct 04, 2023
Pediatric EDs Able to Sway Some Families, Clinicians on Penicillin Challenge Time constraints, fear of reaction among top concerns cited by clinicians Oct 04, 2023
COVID Vaccine, Infection May Affect Migraine Course Slightly Researchers compared headache diary data before and after vaccination or infection Oct 04, 2023
Nasal Sprays Recalled; 75,000 Kaiser Workers Strike; Healthcare AI May Run Amok Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 04, 2023
Novavax's Updated COVID Shot Authorized by FDA Protein-based vaccine is refreshed with 2023-2024 formula targeting XBB strain Oct 03, 2023
CDC Proposes 'Morning After' Pill to Prevent STIs As infections surge, so too has evidence supporting doxycycline in high-risk groups Oct 03, 2023
A Framework to Communicate With Pregnant Patients About the RSV Vaccine A values-based decision-making framework is key Oct 03, 2023
Actemra Biosimilar Approved But Biogen product doesn't get all the original's indications Oct 03, 2023
CDC's Turtle Warning; Largest Healthcare Worker Strike? Docs' Political Landmines Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Oct 03, 2023
COVID Vax in Pregnancy Protects Young Infants Against Omicron But only about one-fourth of pregnant women reported getting the vaccine Oct 02, 2023
Clean Up the COVID Booster Mess by Returning to a Single-Payer System We must reopen the door to easy preventive care access Oct 02, 2023
Primary Care Visits With NPs, PAs on the Rise; C. Diff in the Intensive Care Unit Also in TTHealthWatch: suicide risk among health workers Sep 30, 2023 podcast
IV Immunoglobulin May Cut Infection Risk of Anti-BCMA Agents for Myeloma Small retrospective study finds fewer severe infections during periods of replacement therapy Sep 29, 2023
When's the Best Time to Get the Updated COVID Shot? Experts weigh in on timing and availability Sep 29, 2023
Spouting COVID Misinformation Tied to Use of Ivermectin, HCQ And survey study finds similar usage of unproven drugs for COVID among Democrats and Republicans Sep 29, 2023
OSHA Comes in for Both Praise and Harsh Criticism at House Hearing Illinois lawmaker calls agency head "inept" during discussion of COVID vaccine mandate rule Sep 28, 2023
Point-of-Care Eye Test Detects Aspergillus-Caused Keratitis Lateral-flow device promising as first rapid test for primary care use Sep 28, 2023
COVID Heart Injuries Traced Back to Infected Arterial Plaque, Inflammation SARS-CoV-2 persistence in some vascular cells may have ties to long COVID Sep 28, 2023
Free Rapid COVID Tests Are Coming Back. How Should We Use Them? The fact is, we have not maximized their actual best use Sep 28, 2023
Mayo Scrubs HCQ Data; Pharmacy Walkout Averted; Springsteen's Peptic Ulcer Disease Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 28, 2023
COVID Vax Appointment Cancelled? New Shot Rollout Faces Challenges Insurance approval delays, slower than ideal supply chain contributing to rocky vaccine rollout Sep 27, 2023
Who Really Needs a Yearly COVID Booster? "We will have the biggest impact by focusing on high-risk groups," Paul Offit says Sep 27, 2023 video
Study Confirms Better Survival for HPV-Positive Cervical Cancer Source, interpretation of negative tests remain open to speculation Sep 26, 2023
Heavy Drinking Not Tied to Lower Response to DAAs for Hepatitis C Therapy should not be restricted based on alcohol use, researchers say Sep 26, 2023
COVID Drug and New Mutations; Costco Offers $29 Care; Trump Unmasked Over Bronzer Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 26, 2023
Long COVID Rare in U.S. Kids, Has Affected 7% of Adults More common among girls and women Sep 26, 2023
Long COVID Blood Tests Show Distinct Immune and Hormone Function Algorithm may help predict who gets long COVID Sep 25, 2023
COVID Conspiracies Return; Norovirus on the Hiking Trail; 2nd Pig Heart Transplanted Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 25, 2023
CDC Advisors Endorse Maternal RSV Vax to Protect Newborns Vast majority of infants will not need monoclonal antibody if mom has received the vaccine Sep 22, 2023
Amoxicillin Alone for Acute Sinusitis Holds Up Against Broad-Spectrum Cousin Excess adverse events tilts balance away from amoxicillin-clavulanate for kids Sep 22, 2023
Diagnostic CV Procedures Rebounded After Dipping in 2020 U.S. procedural volumes exceeded March 2019 levels by 4% in April 2021 Sep 22, 2023
Are Paxlovid and Lagevrio Equals? Study shows similar mortality benefit for high-risk COVID patients, but evidence is up for debate Sep 21, 2023
Gabapentin No Help for Lingering COVID-Induced Olfactory Dysfunction Compared with placebo, differences in response to treatment were not significant Sep 21, 2023
Inhaled Glucocorticoid Flops for Speeding COVID Recovery in Outpatients Fluticasone furoate "not a favorable" therapy for COVID-19, say researchers Sep 20, 2023
When It Comes to Vaccine Strategy, Be Careful Comparing the U.S. to Other Countries The health landscape varies significantly from country to country Sep 20, 2023