Sleep Apnea Patients Prone to Higher Long COVID Risk Study suggests close monitoring of adults with obstructive sleep apnea May 12, 2023
FDA Relaxes Blood Donation Rules for Gay and Bisexual Men New guidance ditches MSM-specific screening questions in effort to expand eligibility May 11, 2023
As the COVID PHE Ends, Here's What Doctors Are Carrying Forward Responses range the spectrum, from asking patients to mask, to not changing a thing May 10, 2023
Feds Spent Even More on PrEP Combo Than Previously Thought New estimate says taxpayers spent over $140 million to study Truvada as HIV prevention May 02, 2023
Screen for Latent TB Infection, USPSTF Says Adults at increased risk for tuberculosis should be screened May 02, 2023
More Efforts Needed to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance, Lawmakers Told Witnesses at House hearing push for new drugs and tests, and more infectious disease docs Apr 28, 2023
Patients Living With Long COVID Offer Insight to FDA Agency sought feedback on outcomes that matter most to patients Apr 28, 2023
Hospitals Close While Execs Made Millions; Prestigious Group Took Sackler Money This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 26, 2023
Michigan Officials Monitoring Large Outbreak of Fungal Infections Tied to Paper Mill More than 90 people have confirmed or probable blastomycosis as of April 7 Apr 11, 2023
How Pediatric Societies Are Reframing the Immunization Service Experience AAP's Janna Patterson, MD, MPH, on improving vaccination rates Apr 11, 2023 video
Do We Need a Spring COVID-19 Booster? A look at the data, particularly for high-risk groups Mar 27, 2023
Outbreak of Polio Linked to Newer Oral Vaccine Detected in Africa First cases reported from nOPV2, but not completely unexpected, says polio eradication group Mar 17, 2023
Screen All Adults for Hepatitis B, CDC Says New recommendations favor universal access to screening rather than risk-based approach Mar 09, 2023
Early Metformin Cuts Long COVID Risk Ivermectin and fluvoxamine, meanwhile, showed no benefit in randomized COVID-OUT study Mar 08, 2023
Amid Relaxing COVID Rules for Health Workers, San Francisco Is Reinforcing Them Healthcare workers in the city must continue to mask and be vaccinated Mar 07, 2023
Oral Azithromycin During Labor Fails to Stop Neonatal Sepsis, Death Some secondary benefits seen in West African trial, however Mar 07, 2023
Doctors at Florida Hospital Received Death Threats Over COVID Policies Threats targeted staff over allegations of misconduct, corruption during pandemic Mar 07, 2023
Second RSV Vaccine for Older Adults Gets Thumbs Up From FDA Advisors VRBPAC unanimously endorses efficacy of GSK's protein fusion vaccine, not quite as sold on safety Mar 01, 2023
Hopkins' Makary Tells Lawmakers COVID Lab Leak a 'No-Brainer' Other expert witnesses open to other origin theories Mar 01, 2023
FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's RSV Vaccine for Older Adults But panelists raise multiple concerns over phase III trial data Feb 28, 2023
Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis on the Rise in the U.S. This easily transmissible infection causes severe diarrhea, with limited treatment options Feb 24, 2023
Children's HIV Deaths in Africa Largely Preventable Half of kids under age 5 not diagnosed before death, CHAMPS study found Feb 22, 2023
How Much Did Celebrities Influence Public Opinion on COVID? "I see them as being like a conduit," says one epidemiologist Feb 21, 2023
Monoclonal Antibodies Linked to Reduced RSV Burden in Young Kids Meta-analysis of 14 RCTs showed significant reductions in infection, hospitalization Feb 17, 2023
Chest CTs Reveal Abnormalities 2 Years After Severe COVID 39% of hospitalized Wuhan patients had persistent interstitial lung abnormalities, study finds Feb 15, 2023
What Do We Know About Marburg Virus Disease? WHO announced that Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first outbreak of the rare disease Feb 14, 2023
USPSTF Reaffirms Rec Against Routine Screening for Genital Herpes With no new evidence, guidance remains unchanged from 2016 Feb 14, 2023
Guiding New York City Through COVID-19 Former N.Y.C. Health Commissioner on leading the public through the pandemic Feb 14, 2023 podcast
What Happened to the Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19? Losing focus on monoclonals means neglecting those who need them most: the immunocompromised Feb 13, 2023 video
COVID Vaccines Added to 2023 Child, Adult Immunization Schedules Other notable changes include new guidance on polio, MMR, hepatitis B, and pneumococcal vaccines Feb 10, 2023
New Guidance Targets Infection Hazards in Fingernails, Sinks, Excessive Hand-Washing Update based on new evidence on ways that various pathogens can spread in healthcare settings Feb 10, 2023
AUD Diagnoses After COVID Infection Higher at Certain Points in the Pandemic Social context of pandemic offers most plausible explanation, researchers say Feb 09, 2023
Dead Patient Sues America's Frontline Doctors Over HCQ; Pair Accused of Bilking Doc A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Feb 09, 2023
Biden Pledges to Extend Medicare's Solvency for 'At Least Two Decades' Healthcare featured prominently in president's State of the Union address Feb 08, 2023
Healthy Lifestyle Before Infection Linked to Lower Long COVID Risk Healthy BMI and adequate sleep both independently associated with risk of long COVID Feb 06, 2023
CDC: Maternal Tdap Vaccine Reduced Whooping Cough in Newborns Youngest babies had less pertussis following the 2011 recommendation Feb 06, 2023
Lower Excess Mortality Seen for Physicians vs General Public During COVID Pandemic Understanding effects among physicians may be helpful for future epidemics, researchers say Feb 06, 2023
Moderna Booster Vaccine Singled Out for Chronic Hives Chronic spontaneous urticaria more frequent when compared with Pfizer's mRNA vaccine Feb 01, 2023
