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
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
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
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 51˶ staff Sep 26, 2022
Norovirus Triples; Cashing in on Death; Phlebotomist Arrested for Sexual Assault Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ 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 51˶ 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
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
Are Doctors Getting Their COVID Boosters? 51˶ asked a dozen doctors about their plans for the latest bivalent shots Sep 12, 2022
CDC: More Kids Hospitalized With Respiratory Disease Linked to Non-Polio Enterovirus Infection associated with rare neurologic complication that causes limb weakness, agency says Sep 10, 2022
Sudden Anal Discharge and Rectal Pain in 30-Year-Old Man Rash that appeared a week later provided a more telling clue Sep 06, 2022
Shania Twain's Lyme Disease The best-selling country artist's condition was revealed in a new Netflix documentary Sep 01, 2022
Nearly Half of MSM Are Changing Sex Behaviors to Reduce Monkeypox Risk Some cities seeing "downward trend" in cases, according to the CDC Aug 26, 2022
What's the Tomato Flu? Likely not a new virus, but a manifestation of hand, foot, and mouth disease, experts say Aug 26, 2022
How Long Has Polio Been Circulating in the U.S.? The virus has likely been circulating in U.S. cities intermittently for years, experts say Aug 25, 2022
Herpes Viruses Linked to Brain Changes But no evidence of a relationship between herpes and Alzheimer's disease Aug 24, 2022
FDA Warns on Potential for Monkeypox Spread via Fecal Transplant Agency urges additional protections around donor screening Aug 24, 2022
Tpoxx Well Tolerated in Small Monkeypox Series Nearly all patients had lesion resolution, though unclear to what degree antiviral played a part Aug 24, 2022
Climate Change Is Making Pathogens Worse 58% of infectious diseases aggravated by climatic hazards at some point, says Camilo Mora Aug 24, 2022 video
CDC Examines Monkeypox's Ability to Linger on Home Surfaces Investigators find no viable virus on high-contact areas, but study has caveats Aug 19, 2022
Am I Protected Against Polio? Most people in the U.S. are vaccinated, which provides substantial protection, experts say Aug 17, 2022
Monkeypox Detected in Asymptomatic Men The virus was found on anal swabs collected for routine STI testing Aug 16, 2022
CDC: Paralytic Polio an Ongoing Risk for the Unvaccinated No additional cases identified, but wastewater testing continues to detect the virus Aug 16, 2022
The Current Case of Polio Through a Historical Lens Broader wastewater surveillance and targeted immunization are critical Aug 15, 2022
New CDC COVID Guidance Wins Plaudits, Brickbats Agency shifts containment focus now that transmission seems unstoppable Aug 12, 2022
Epstein-Barr Virus Linked With Gastric Cancer Meta-analysis shows a 7.5% prevalence across 37 countries Aug 12, 2022
Monkeypox: Another Lesson in Global Health Neglect We ignore the health of poorer nations at our peril Aug 11, 2022
Nothing Lasts Forever, Including Infant BCG Vaccine Protection Most efficacy lost by age 5 Aug 11, 2022
Monkeypox Symptoms Tied to Specific Type of Sex Patients Had High viral loads at point of transmission may be the link Aug 11, 2022
Endocarditis Tied to Whopping Mortality Risk Within Years Staph, enterococci were the deadliest in population-based Danish study Aug 10, 2022
Biden Administration Authorizes Intradermal Use of Monkeypox Vaccine Move is expected to increase available doses by five-fold Aug 10, 2022
Questions About Monkeypox? Duke Experts Offer Answers Testing, up-to-date vax, and fact-based messaging can help manage this public health emergency Aug 09, 2022
