Use These Antibiotics for Close Contacts of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, CDC Says Amid upswing in cipro-resistant cases, health departments should be vigilant, agency warned Feb 09, 2024
Outpatient Visits Among Veterans Increased After COVID Number of visits remained higher for a year, reflecting persistent health effects of infection Feb 09, 2024
Knee Pain Leads to Shocking Diagnosis: Medical Mystery Solved Siobhan Deshauer, MD, reviews a mystery diagnosis Feb 09, 2024
Amid Surge, CDC Unveils New Syphilis Testing Guidance First "one-stop shopping" resource for info on syphilis tests Feb 08, 2024
Fauci Will Reflect on Long Government Career in Upcoming Book "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" will be published in June Feb 08, 2024
Long COVID Patients Saw Improvements After Group Rehab Program More patients reported feeling "much better now" compared with usual care group Feb 08, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: Fever. Rash. Tachycardia. Hypotension. We Need a Diagnosis Quickly. A 16-year-old girl was brought to the ER due to fever, chills, and a diffuse sunburn-like rash that had developed over the past day. Can you diagnose the patient? Feb 08, 2024
Trader Joe's Food Alert; DEA Reverses Decision; Going Maskless Is Not Free Speech Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 08, 2024
Iatrogenic Fusarium Solani Meningitis Cases Caused Severe Injury to Brain Stem Combination of novel antifungal, steroids, and surgery likely saved some, report shows Feb 07, 2024
Does the Current Cheese Listeria Outbreak Really Date Back 10 Years? Experts weigh in on how such outbreaks are ultimately uncovered Feb 07, 2024
High-Risk HPV in Women Heightens Risk of Heart Disease Death Korean study finds over threefold greater mortality risk from ASCVD, ischemic heart disease Feb 07, 2024
Bivalent Vax Protected Kids From Symptomatic COVID "Every different way that we sliced this, we found that the vaccine was effective" Feb 06, 2024 video
Candida Auris: What to Know About the Fungal Infection Spreading Across the U.S. The multidrug-resistant organism colonizes skin, lingers on surfaces Feb 06, 2024
More Evidence Maternal COVID Vaccination Safe for Newborns Lower mortality rate, fewer brain lesions in vaccine-exposed neonates, study found Feb 06, 2024
King Charles' Health History; Supreme Court to Weigh COVID Misinfo; Toby Keith Dies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 06, 2024
What We Know About King Charles III's Health History From COVID-19 to polo injuries to "sausage fingers" Feb 06, 2024
Rudest Doctor's Office Behavior; Disease Spread by Dog Poop; Defining Sobriety Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 05, 2024
What Does AI Say About the Claims on Ivermectin for COVID? We put the technology to the test Feb 04, 2024
Health Effects of Diabetes Remission; High-Deductible Plans for Cancer Patients Also in TTHealthWatch: USPSTF weighs in on screening for language disorders or delays in kids Feb 03, 2024 podcast
CDC: Biennial Surge in Acute Flaccid Myelitis Has Come to a Halt When to expect next spike in cases is unclear, researchers say Feb 02, 2024
Study: 'Appalling' U.S. Failure to Protect Frontline Workers During Pandemic Lack of protections "created a perfect storm for vulnerable workers," researchers said Feb 02, 2024
Cognitive Slowing May Be a Hallmark of Long COVID Reaction time to visual stimuli shows promise as a cognitive marker Feb 01, 2024
Here's How Effective the Latest COVID-19 Shots Are for Adults Effectiveness of the 2023-2024 vaccine lands at 54% for symptomatic cases Feb 01, 2024
CDC: Deadly Vibrio Bacteria Killed Five People in Three States Last Summer Cases occurred in the wake of record-breaking heat waves Feb 01, 2024
History of IBD Linked to Severe Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for COVID IBD was associated with an increased risk of sepsis, shock, and acute kidney injury Feb 01, 2024
Single-Dose Dengue Vaccine Effective, Regardless of Baseline Serostatus Role of Brazilian Zika outbreak on baseline dengue immunity needs study, expert says Jan 31, 2024
Iodine-Based Skin Prep Better for Certain Fracture Surgeries Large randomized trial comparing alcohol antiseptic solutions could change practice Jan 31, 2024
Undiagnosed Liver Disease May Be Common in Patients With Dementia Hepatic encephalopathy could be contributing to cognitive symptoms, study suggested Jan 31, 2024
Miracle Cures: Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling a New Age of Unproven Treatments Social media and online skepticism feed fears about traditional care Jan 31, 2024
America Hasn't Seen Syphilis Numbers This High Since 1950 Other STD rates are down or flat, so why is syphilis on the rise? Jan 30, 2024
Most Immunocompromised Patients Clear Omicron Infections B-cell malignancies, B-cell treatments associated with longer duration of infection Jan 30, 2024
Why Aren't More Doctors Prescribing Paxlovid to High-Risk Patients? It's not all about drug-drug interactions, experts say Jan 29, 2024
Alzheimer's May Be Transmissible in Rare Circumstances Cases tied to long-discontinued childhood medical procedure Jan 29, 2024
Kate Middleton Discharged; Philips to Halt Apnea Device Sales; Pet Dragon Warning Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Jan 29, 2024
Effective Treatments Identified for Pediatric Complication of COVID RECOVERY trial evaluated immunomodulatory therapy and corticosteroids Jan 26, 2024
Trial Backs Short Course of Antibiotics for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Individualized treatment noninferior versus usual long-course treatment in the ICU Jan 26, 2024
Why Measles Keeps Popping Up in Pockets of the U.S. Paul Offit, MD, on the history of the MMR vaccine and the lasting legacy of COVID Jan 26, 2024 video
CDC Reports Deaths After Medical Tourism in the Dominican Republic Fatalities frequently involved Brazilian butt lifts Jan 25, 2024
Multiple Societal Factors Contribute to High HIV Risk in Transgender Women Discrimination, homelessness, low PrEP uptake are key factors, according to CDC survey Jan 25, 2024