Over 40% of Parents Give a Hard No to COVID Vaccines for Babies, Toddlers Parents surveyed a month after mRNA vaccines became available to young age group Jul 26, 2022
How a Case of Polio Appeared in the U.S., and Who May Be at Risk Right now, the risk is low to the general population, infectious disease experts say Jul 22, 2022
First U.S. Polio Case Detected in Close to a Decade Vaccine clinics to be set up just north of New York City Jul 21, 2022
'Tinkering' to Find COVID Origins; Monkeypox Paperwork; Dialysis Patient Harm? This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 20, 2022
Who's at Risk From Brutal Heat; 'Viagra' Honey Recall; Why We Need Boosters (Again) Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jul 20, 2022
How Frequent Is Long COVID? Ivana Trump’s Death; 25M Kids Skip Basic Vaccines Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jul 15, 2022
Pediatrician Axed for Advocating COVID Vax in Youngest Kids Lisa Gwynn, MD, removed from board of Florida public insurance provider for kids Jul 07, 2022
Doc Who Pushed HCQ Dies; Fauci's Final Pandemic; Will Abortion Bans Restrict IVF? This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 06, 2022
Your Monkeypox Questions Answered CDC experts discuss swabbing, symptoms, vaccination, and more Jun 30, 2022
Nurse in Missing Fentanyl Case Gets License Back; Abortion Ban Exceptions Useless? This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 29, 2022
Can I Use My Expired At-Home COVID Tests? No matter what, don't rely on results that don't make sense Jun 28, 2022
Report Shows Trump Administration Embraced Herd Immunity via Mass Infection The strategy likely contributed to many preventable deaths, report notes Jun 22, 2022
The U.S. Needs a National Public Health System, Experts Say Proposal calls for a lead organizer and $8 billion annually in new funding Jun 21, 2022
California Officials Push to Rein In Medical Disinformation Bill under debate may be tough to enforce; some say it restricts innovation Jun 15, 2022
Paxlovid Misses in Standard-Risk COVID-19 Trend toward advantage in secondary endpoint of hospitalization or death, but not significant Jun 15, 2022
CDC: No Evidence Monkeypox Is Airborne 45 cases in the U.S. so far, and not all from international travel Jun 10, 2022
CDC Removes Monkeypox Mask Rec From Travel Guidance Move comes as global health officials say window to prevent endemicity may be closing Jun 10, 2022
Good News for Heart Failure Patients Getting COVID Booster Shots Group saw lower risks for hospitalization, ICU admission, death versus the unvaccinated Jun 09, 2022
WHO: Monkeypox Threat 'Real'; FDA May Delay Novavax Decision; Cancer Etiquette A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 09, 2022
Physician Group Releases Guidance on Cardiovascular Issues in Long COVID AAPM&R calls for greater awareness of post-COVID cardiovascular complications among clinicians Jun 07, 2022
Novavax Up for Review; Monkeypox Testing Bottleneck; Negotiating Gun Reform A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 07, 2022
CDC: Two Distinct Monkeypox Strains Detected in U.S. Analysis of more cases is needed to understand transmission, officials say Jun 03, 2022
Mixed Bag for Antiviral Favipiravir in Flu Two phase III trials show conflicting results on clinical improvement May 31, 2022
CDC Details Monkeypox Vaccine Recommendations Routine recommendations for a new orthopoxvirus vaccine gain new relevance May 27, 2022
Draft Genome Sequence of Latest Monkeypox Virus Unveiled No indication latest strain is "substantially different" from those circulating in recent years May 20, 2022
COVID Cases Emerge After Emergency Medicine Meeting Attendees say lack of mitigation measures among their own disheartening for public health May 20, 2022
Experts Attempt to Demystify Paxlovid Prescribing The IDSA offers a drug interaction guide, encourages communication between specialists May 20, 2022
What Doctors Need to Know About Monkeypox While the potential of increased transmissibility is being sorted, here's what we know for sure May 20, 2022
Here's How Doctors Are Trying to Help Long COVID Patients Earliest long COVID programs don't have all the answers, but focus on individual treatment May 19, 2022
FDA Rejects Cheap Antidepressant to Treat Early COVID David Boulware, who submitted the EUA for fluvoxamine, argues the agency is "behind the times" May 17, 2022
Can Trained Dogs Sniff Out COVID-Positive Travelers? Randomized trial in Finland suggests dogs can detect virus in airline passengers May 16, 2022
Trace Metal Tied to Mycobacterial Infection Risk Correlation isn't causation, but now there's more reason to suspect a direct connection May 16, 2022
Caution Urged With Paxlovid in Transplant Patients Small case series emphasizes the need to discontinue tacrolimus prior to starting therapy May 13, 2022
What Paxlovid Rebound Could Mean for Patients "This is not a failure of Paxlovid," argues Michael Mina, MD, PhD May 13, 2022 video
Moderna's COVID Vaccine Holds Up for Kids 6-11 Years Interim results get peer-reviewed journal treatment ahead of potential EUA May 11, 2022
How a COVID Misdiagnosis Revealed Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak Case "highlights the importance of autopsy," medical examiner says May 11, 2022
Doxycycline Bests Azithromycin for Anogenital Chlamydia in Women Open-label randomized trial set out to duplicate results from prior studies in men May 10, 2022
The Alabama Doc Who Sounded the Alarm on Unusual Hepatitis in Kids Markus Buchfellner, MD, and team were surprised by positive adenovirus results May 06, 2022
Case Series Hints at Possible Paxlovid Role in Long COVID Two patients saw easing of symptoms following course of therapy, according to pre-print May 06, 2022
COVID in the Donor Organ: What's the Risk? In small sample, donors gave infection to lung recipients, yet not to other organ recipients May 03, 2022
