Another Medical Society Turns Up the Heat on MOC IDSA president pens letter to ABIM, arguing MOC is costly, time-consuming, and ineffective Dec 15, 2023
Trump's Cognitive Exam; CDC Issues 'Urgent' Vaccination Alert; Plan B Use Doubled Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 15, 2023
Low-Dose Intradermal Mpox Vaccine on Par With Subcutaneous Dosing Antibody titers comparable between the regimens, and similar regardless of HIV status Dec 14, 2023
Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds? Meta-analysis suggests nonsterile ones may work just as well in certain settings Dec 14, 2023
Moderna's mRNA RSV Vaccine Effective in Older Adults Whether it provides lasting protection remains to be seen Dec 13, 2023
High-Dose Recombinant Flu Vax Offers More Protection for Adults 50 to 64 Relative benefit was modest, but could provide substantial public health benefit Dec 13, 2023
Why Is VEXAS Syndrome Often Fatal? Here's an Answer New study suggests immunodeficiency is a previously unrecognized feature Dec 12, 2023
PA Reprimanded for Secretly Pushing Ivermectin Matthew Trom, PA, reportedly prescribed the drug without documentation Dec 12, 2023
Life Expectancy Finally Increased: Why That's Not Really a Cause for Celebration The virus is still winning Dec 12, 2023
Very Early ART Can Result in Sustained HIV Suppression in Neonates Newborns should be diagnosed "super early" and receive ART in maternity ward, experts say Dec 11, 2023
Nurses, Resident Slashed; Deadly Tick Disease Outbreak; COVID Vax After Infection Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 11, 2023
AI and Breast Cancer Screening; Cancer After Treatment for Sickle Cell Also in TTHealthWatch: mail-in cervical cancer screening kits Dec 09, 2023 podcast
CDC Urges Clinicians to Be Aware of Potential Clade I Mpox Cases From DRC Cases of this subtype may cause more severe disease than Clade II Dec 08, 2023
Prenatal RSV Infection Linked to Fetal Inflammation, Poorer Growth Study may give force to recommendations for maternal RSV vaccination Dec 08, 2023
Salmonella Deaths Grow; Hospital's Bariatric Surgery Factory; New Back Pain Recs Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 08, 2023
This Many U.S. Adults Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome In survey, 1.3% report having an ME/CFS diagnosis Dec 08, 2023
'End of This Phase': Trial Halts Testing of HIV Vaccine Candidates Having effective prevention measures poses challenge to vaccine development, says expert Dec 07, 2023
Alarming Mpox Surge; Plan to Redo Lead Pipes Nationwide; Overdoses Reach High in SF Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 07, 2023
Should Throat Swabs Be Incorporated Into Rapid COVID Testing? While sensitivity improves, it may be difficult for people to correctly swab their own throats Dec 06, 2023
COVID Hospitalizations Rise; DeSantis Targets Obamacare; Why Docs Are Unionizing Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 04, 2023
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial Dec 01, 2023
Rare Syndrome After COVID Vaccines Described "Long vax" events often include neurologic symptoms Dec 01, 2023
Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant Direct-acting antiviral prophylaxis worked in all 10 cases in pilot trial Dec 01, 2023
A World AIDS Day Reminder: No One Should Be Left Behind Investing in at-risk communities at home and abroad is essential Dec 01, 2023
Texas Sues Pfizer Over Vax Claims; Dr. Rand Paul to the Rescue; Kid Pneumonia Cases Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 01, 2023
House Committee Puts CDC Director in the Spotlight Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, was asked about viral outbreak in China and agency's internal workings Nov 30, 2023
Very Young Children in HIV Treatment More Likely to Die PEPFAR data show particularly high risk for infants despite antiretroviral treatment Nov 30, 2023
Can Paxlovid Improve Long COVID Symptoms? Harlan Krumholz, MD, discusses his ongoing study and novel approaches to clinical trials Nov 30, 2023 video
CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotected The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved Nov 29, 2023
Mailing HPV Self-Sampling Kits to Patients Boosted Cervical Cancer Screening The strategy was effective for patients who were due or overdue for screening Nov 28, 2023
Ask Your Patients: 'Have You Gotten Your Annual COVID Shot?' Primary care providers should broach this topic with all patients Nov 28, 2023
COVID Tied to Changes in Brain Microstructure Alterations seen in both long COVID patients and those who recovered from infection Nov 28, 2023
Stephen Colbert's Surgery; BA.2.86 Variant Triples; Ransomware Attack Hits Hospitals Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 28, 2023
Is the New Mpox 'Outbreak' Deadlier? Three factors could explain the higher case fatality rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Nov 27, 2023
Male vs Female Surgeons; China Beefs Up Fever Clinics; C. Diff Survives Disinfecting Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 27, 2023
Early Interventions for Autism; Imaging After Stenting Also in TTHealthWatch: Clamping the umbilical cord in premature infants Nov 25, 2023 podcast
China Reports No 'Unusual' Pathogens Driving Pneumonia Cluster in Kids Chinese health officials say the rise in respiratory illness is part of a continued surge Nov 24, 2023
Serious Syphilitic Uveitis Cases Almost Tripled Over 10-Year Period Increase comes amid a shortage of gold-standard treatment Nov 22, 2023
Cancer Drug Recall; Long COVID and Reinfection; WHO Staffer Killed in Gaza Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 22, 2023