Is It Time to Add Universal CMV Screening for Newborns? While not quite as sensitive as saliva PCR testing, dried blood spot testing has promise Oct 13, 2023
Medical Tourists Bring Home Fatal Fungal Infections High mortality in outbreak linked to anesthesia in Mexico Oct 13, 2023
ECMO Has Become a Harder Sell in Severe COVID-19 Studies show decreased use, cast doubt on clinical benefit Oct 13, 2023
U.S. Healthcare System Creates Barriers to Vaccine Access, Expert Says Clinics are struggling to purchase pediatric COVID vaccines and the monoclonal antibody for RSV Oct 13, 2023 video
ITP Drug Shows Benefit in Hospitalized COVID Patients Fostamatinib reduced time on supplemental oxygen, improved clinical status Oct 13, 2023
New Insights Into Ocular Effects of Coronavirus Infection Invasion of multiple cell types, including retinal nuclear cells, but with minimal inflammation Oct 13, 2023
Paxlovid and Long COVID; State Bans 'Excited Delirium' Dx; Gaza in Health Crisis Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 13, 2023
Decolonization in Nursing Homes Cuts the Risk of Dangerous Infections Protocol borrowed from the ICU continues to show success Oct 12, 2023
Intranasal COVID Vaccine Generates Strong Immune Response Plus: Detecting viruses in wastewater and the maternal RSV vaccine for protecting infants Oct 12, 2023
Superbugs Common in Patients on Mechanical Ventilation Those in long-term care facilities are particularly at risk, researcher says Oct 12, 2023
Likelihood of NTM Lung Disease Cure Linked to Microflora Diversity Sputum samples may help identify patients responding to antibiotics Oct 12, 2023
Opportunistic Infections Put a Damper on Belatacept After Lung Transplant Center had to refine its use of the kidney-friendlier immunosuppression regimen Oct 11, 2023
Steroid Fails to Boost Survival in Advanced HIV Patients With TB Meningitis Mechanisms leading to death may be different in HIV-positive people, say study authors Oct 11, 2023
Docs and Vaccine-Hesitant Patients: Don't Debunk, but Do Discuss Ryan Hassan, MD, MPH, urges clinicians to be gentle when dealing with disinformation and distrust Oct 11, 2023 video
Lower Microbiome Diversity May Indicate Severe COVID Infection Patients admitted to the ICU had significant increases in certain bacteria, study shows Oct 10, 2023
Catching COVID 5 Times; Stroke Deaths Expected to Surge; Calif. Bans Red Dye No. 3 Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 10, 2023
Stethoscope Hygiene: The Next Frontier in Infection Control? Prevention is also essential for antimicrobial stewardship Oct 10, 2023
Pulmonary Embolism During COVID Infection a Deadly Mix 20% of patients with both died during pandemic's first year versus 7% of those with PE alone Oct 09, 2023
'Long Cold' Common Too; Walgreens Pharmacy Walkout; $2,000 Ivermectin Settlements Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 09, 2023
Can Rapid COVID Tests Reveal More Than a Positive/Negative Result? Experts agree that rapid antigen test kits can show degrees of infectiousness Oct 06, 2023
Pandemic-Era Conditions Blamed for Spike in Cardiac Arrest Deaths SARS-CoV-2 infection itself played minor role in OHCA survival rates in Seattle Oct 06, 2023
Ob/Gyn Accused of Sex Abuse Found Dead; Massive Medicare Scam; Veggies in the Genes? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 06, 2023
Toxic Megacolon: Day in the Life of a Doctor Make the rounds with Siobhan Deshauer, MD, during a day in the hospital Oct 05, 2023
Severity of RSV Hospitalizations Rivals COVID in Older Adults Consider age, underlying medical conditions in RSV vaccine recs, researchers say Oct 05, 2023
How Bad Will This Respiratory Virus Season Be? CDC Weighs In. Agency officials also outlined recommendations for COVID, RSV, and influenza vaccines Oct 04, 2023
Here's How the Novavax COVID Shot Held Up Against Omicron Italy data suggest protection against symptomatic infection was stable through 4 months Oct 04, 2023
Pediatric EDs Able to Sway Some Families, Clinicians on Penicillin Challenge Time constraints, fear of reaction among top concerns cited by clinicians Oct 04, 2023
COVID Vaccine, Infection May Affect Migraine Course Slightly Researchers compared headache diary data before and after vaccination or infection Oct 04, 2023
Nasal Sprays Recalled; 75,000 Kaiser Workers Strike; Healthcare AI May Run Amok Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 04, 2023
Novavax's Updated COVID Shot Authorized by FDA Protein-based vaccine is refreshed with 2023-2024 formula targeting XBB strain Oct 03, 2023
CDC Proposes 'Morning After' Pill to Prevent STIs As infections surge, so too has evidence supporting doxycycline in high-risk groups Oct 03, 2023
A Framework to Communicate With Pregnant Patients About the RSV Vaccine A values-based decision-making framework is key Oct 03, 2023
Actemra Biosimilar Approved But Biogen product doesn't get all the original's indications Oct 03, 2023
CDC's Turtle Warning; Largest Healthcare Worker Strike? Docs' Political Landmines Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 03, 2023
COVID Vax in Pregnancy Protects Young Infants Against Omicron But only about one-fourth of pregnant women reported getting the vaccine Oct 02, 2023
Clean Up the COVID Booster Mess by Returning to a Single-Payer System We must reopen the door to easy preventive care access Oct 02, 2023
Primary Care Visits With NPs, PAs on the Rise; C. Diff in the Intensive Care Unit Also in TTHealthWatch: suicide risk among health workers Sep 30, 2023 podcast
IV Immunoglobulin May Cut Infection Risk of Anti-BCMA Agents for Myeloma Small retrospective study finds fewer severe infections during periods of replacement therapy Sep 29, 2023
When's the Best Time to Get the Updated COVID Shot? Experts weigh in on timing and availability Sep 29, 2023