Mystery Illness Strikes Aircraft; Fauci to Testify; Michelle Obama's Mother Dies Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Jun 03, 2024
After Grilling an NIH Scientist Over COVID Emails, Congress Turns to Fauci The former NIAID director set to appear before a House subcommittee next week Jun 01, 2024
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Rates After RSV Shots in Sync With Trial Data, CDC Says But compared with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, GBS was more common than expected May 31, 2024
COVID Shot After Acute Coronary Syndrome Might Not Prevent Further Events But lack of additional benefit doesn't undermine the main reason for vaccination May 31, 2024
The Rocky Road to Safe, Effective Rotavirus Vaccines Despite benefits, rotavirus vaccine uptake lags behind other childhood vaccines May 31, 2024
HPV Testing Outperforms Pap Smear for Detecting Cervical Cancer Precursor Lesions Rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia at 8 years similar to 3-year rates with cytology May 31, 2024
Fauci's Private COVID Emails Requested; Death Penalty for Abortion? WHO's Cash Woes Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 31, 2024
First U.S. Bird Flu Case With Respiratory Symptoms Emerges The third human case of H5N1 occurred in a Michigan dairy farm worker May 30, 2024
Nurse Fired After Gaza Comments; Sedative-Laced Drugs; 4 Million Chickens Killed Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 30, 2024
COVID Shots Could Use Another Update, Study Suggests Latest vaccines mostly kept up with circulating strains, but dipped against JN.1 May 29, 2024
NIH Scandal Grows; Ancient Skull Shows Brain Surgery; Drugs in New York's Rivers Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 29, 2024
Not All COVID Patients Benefit From JAK Inhibitor Post-hoc analysis shows that body weight makes an important difference May 28, 2024
FDA Urged to Relax Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay, Bisexual Men Advocates say policy should be based on individualized risk assessments, "not historic bias" May 28, 2024
Efforts to Draft an International Pandemic Treaty Falter Countries unable to agree on how to respond to next global emergency May 28, 2024
Clues From Bird Flu's Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle Why did it take so long to recognize the virus on high-tech farms in the world's richest country? May 25, 2024
CDC Prepping for 'Possibility of Increased Risk to Human Health' From Bird Flu Approximately 350 recently exposed farm workers are being monitored May 24, 2024
Antimicrobial Resistance Must Be Addressed Now, Global Experts Warn "Window of opportunity" is shrinking, expert says May 24, 2024
HPV Vaccination Reduces Risk of Multiple Types of Cancer in Men and Women Large cohort study provides some of the first evidence of cancer reduction after vaccination May 24, 2024
Congressman's Stroke; Warning on Bear Meat Consumption; Paralysis via Grand Piano Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 24, 2024
Inhaled Amikacin Shows Promise for Untreated MAC Lung Infections ARISE lays the ground work for registrational trial of Arikayce in earlier treatment setting May 23, 2024
CDC: Less Than 1% of Mpox Cases Occurred After Two Doses of Jynneos Vaccine Only 25% of people in the U.S. who are eligible for the vaccine have received it May 23, 2024
Middle School HPV Vaccination Program Boosted Uptake Offering vaccines in schools improved access in French study, but may not overcome hesitancy May 23, 2024
New U.S. Human Case of Bird Flu Reported H5N1 in Michigan farmworker becomes second human case associated with outbreak in dairy cows May 22, 2024
Matthew Perry's Death Investigated; CDC H5N1 Surveillance; Trump Talks Birth Control Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 22, 2024
Public Health Preparedness for Bird Flu Varies Widely Across the U.S. Survey responses not always in line with CDC recommendations May 21, 2024
Two Antibiotic Regimens Are Effective for M. Xenopi Pulmonary Infections Patients benefited from clarithromycin or moxifloxacin plus rifampin/ethambutol May 21, 2024
Death, Injuries After Turbulence; More Herds with H5N1; Water Cyberattack Warning Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 21, 2024
Acetaminophen Fails to Improve Mortality, Need for Organ Support in Sepsis However, treated patients were less likely to develop ARDS, respiratory dysfunction May 20, 2024
What to Know About the U.K.'s Tainted Blood Scandal Tens of thousands contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions during the 1970s and 1980s May 20, 2024
Does COVID-19 Persist? An unexpected idea gains traction and may provide clues about long COVID May 20, 2024
Whole Foods Hepatitis; Plane Crash Kills Physician; Docs Criticize Mask Ban Proposal Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 20, 2024
AAP OKs Breastfeeding for Some Moms With HIV on ART New report reverses decades of recommending against breastfeeding for all moms with HIV May 20, 2024
Measles Is Preventable. How Did the World End Up Back Here? Health professionals must encourage vaccination and fight misinformation May 19, 2024
Prion Disease Transmission Probed in NIH Study Species barrier prevents chronic wasting disease from moving to humans, organoid data suggest May 17, 2024
Tick Season Has Arrived. Here Are Tips for Protection. Thanks to a mild winter, this year will be equal to -- or possibly worse -- than last year May 17, 2024
South Park Takes on Wegovy; Decapitated Doc's Killer Sentenced; Deadliest Superbugs Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 17, 2024
Texas Team's Wastewater Surveillance Can Pick Up Concerning H5N1 Mutations TEPHI's monitoring gets more granular than CDC's influenza A wastewater dashboard May 16, 2024
Want to Stay Safe From Bird Flu? Cook Meat at Recommended Temperature, USDA Says No H5N1 has been found in the meat supply, but cooking meat well would kill it if it appeared May 16, 2024
Clade I Mpox Surge in the Congo Raises Concerns About Global Spread Young children have accounted for nearly 30% of all suspected cases in the African country May 16, 2024