Probiotics in the ICU Linked to Higher Risk of Central Line Infections, Death Powder formulations associated with highest risk of infection Oct 19, 2022
U.S. Flu Hospitalization Rates Nearly 80% Higher for Black Adults Influenza vaccination rates also consistently lower in some minority groups Oct 18, 2022
Boston University Refutes Claims It Created Deadly New COVID Strain Media reports misrepresent animal study and misconstrue its findings, expert says Oct 18, 2022
Vaccination Tied to Shorter COVID Illness, Less Viral Shedding Study in health workers also affirms milder infections with vaccination during Delta and Omicron Oct 18, 2022
TikTok Traffic on Monkeypox Conspiracy Theories Swelled After WHO's Alert Over 150 videos featuring conspiracy theories garnered nearly 1.5 million views Oct 18, 2022
Radiographic Lung Changes Common With Pulmonary Long COVID Symptoms But significant declines in pulmonary, physical function not evident in interim analyses Oct 17, 2022
More Harm Reduction, Less Abstinence-Only in COVID Messaging, Experts Say "We know that abstinence-only doesn't work in any situation" Oct 12, 2022
What Does the Science Say About Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Long COVID? Evidence is exceedingly limited, and out-of-pocket costs are high Oct 12, 2022
Long COVID Persists in People With Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection At 1 year, 15% of long COVID patients had ongoing cognitive or respiratory problems or fatigue Oct 10, 2022
FDA OKs Tdap Vaccine for Whooping Cough Protection Before Birth Boostrix vaccine is to be delivered to the unborn child in the third trimester of pregnancy Oct 07, 2022
Even Intubated COVID Patients Potentially See Vaccine Benefits Better survival for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome when fully vaccinated Oct 07, 2022
Breakthrough Monkeypox Cases Seen Weeks After Second Jynneos Dose However, most post-vaccination cases in at-risk group occurred within 14 days of first dose Oct 05, 2022
Supply Issues a Major Challenge to Polio Vaccination Programs As the world moves from eradication to containment, will vaccine incentives increase? Oct 04, 2022
Experts Grapple With New Reality: Polio May Never Be Eradicated Oral polio vaccine has diminished paralysis, but it's also a reason the virus keeps circulating Oct 04, 2022
Pandemic Led to Surgical Delays in Gynecologic Cancers, and Worse Outcomes One in five patients experienced changes in their care plan Oct 04, 2022
Just How Bad Was Pandemic Strain on Emergency Wait Times? The Numbers Are In Analysis shows impact on ED boarding times, patients abandoning the wait for care Oct 03, 2022
The Benefits of Weightlifting; Neurologic Long COVID Also in TTHealthWatch: a bionic pancreas for type 1 diabetes and syphilis screening guidelines Oct 01, 2022 podcast
CDC Warns of Severe Monkeypox in People With HIV, the Immunocompromised Reports of myocarditis, penile necrosis, and atypical/persistent rash requiring amputation Sep 30, 2022
Can Nasal Vaccines Change the Course of the Pandemic? Blocking transmission is a noble goal, but there's not yet evidence mucosal vaccines can do that Sep 29, 2022
Healthcare Workers Unhappy With New CDC Mask Guidance Some hospital leaders say they'll continue to follow state recommendations for universal masking Sep 28, 2022
Make the Diagnosis: His Skin Is Slacking Off A 43-year-old man presented to the doctor with a rash that had developed on his trunk over the last couple of days. Sep 28, 2022
USPSTF Advises to Keep Screening for Syphilis as Cases Soar But epidemic will only be curtailed with a new approach to screening, editorialists argue Sep 27, 2022
Type 1 Diabetes Onset Strongly Linked to Enterovirus Infection Type, Timing Data support looking at enterovirus vaccination for prevention Sep 26, 2022
Mass Hospital Layoffs; Pfizer CEO Has COVID Again; 'Blood on Your Hands' Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 26, 2022
Does Healthcare Produce Health? Adapted from Inequality Kills Us All: COVID-19's Health Lessons for the World Sep 25, 2022
Norovirus Triples; Cashing in on Death; Phlebotomist Arrested for Sexual Assault Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 23, 2022
FDA Advisors Back Fecal Microbiome Treatment for Recurrent C. Diff Committee members swayed by strong "need" rather than strong data Sep 22, 2022
Oral Capsule or Colonic Fecal Transplant for C. Diff: Is One Superior? Real-world data showed no difference in cure rates at 1 and 2 months Sep 20, 2022
Fauci: COVID Lives On; Doc's Burnout Broke Her Heart; Don't Cook Chicken in NyQuil Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 20, 2022
Long COVID, ME/CFS Patients Protest in Front of White House Protesters expressed frustration that President Biden declared the pandemic over on "60 Minutes" Sep 19, 2022
Early Tamiflu Linked to Better Outcomes for Kids Hospitalized for the Flu Early use of antiviral associated with shorter length of stay, lower odds of 7-day readmission Sep 19, 2022
Closing Colorectal Cancer Screening Gaps With FIT Initiative VA hospital meets goal of increasing monthly screenings to address backlog from pandemic Sep 19, 2022
Radiation Oncology Residents Report Deficits in Training During the Pandemic About half worry about job prospects Sep 19, 2022
Health Workers Unlikely to Catch Monkeypox From Infected Patients Even with low adherence to PPE guidelines, no workers contracted the virus, Colorado data show Sep 16, 2022
CDC: No Excess Pediatric Brain Infections During the Pandemic Streptococcal brain abscesses, other complications have remained within historical limits Sep 16, 2022
Should I Time My COVID Booster? Waiting is okay for most, but certain groups should get their shots right away Sep 14, 2022
Tecovirimat Safe in Monkeypox, but Efficacy Is Less Clear Data support use in patients with or at risk for severe disease, CDC researchers say Sep 12, 2022
