COVID Rebound Not Exclusive to Those on Paxlovid However, these rebound cases were rare and lasted only about 1 day Feb 22, 2023
Study Suggests Path Connecting Periodontal Disease With Rheumatoid Arthritis Exposing immune system to citrullinated bacterial proteins seen as trigger Feb 22, 2023
How Much Did Celebrities Influence Public Opinion on COVID? "I see them as being like a conduit," says one epidemiologist Feb 21, 2023
TB Treatment Strategy Has Potential to Drastically Slash Therapy Duration 8-week regimen, with more for persistent cases, yields similar outcomes to 6-month standard Feb 21, 2023
Some Antipsychotics Still Overused After In-Hospital Delirium Researchers call for more timely discontinuation of potentially inappropriate medications Feb 17, 2023
Chest CTs Reveal Abnormalities 2 Years After Severe COVID 39% of hospitalized Wuhan patients had persistent interstitial lung abnormalities, study finds Feb 15, 2023
What Do We Know About Marburg Virus Disease? WHO announced that Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first outbreak of the rare disease Feb 14, 2023
USPSTF Reaffirms Rec Against Routine Screening for Genital Herpes With no new evidence, guidance remains unchanged from 2016 Feb 14, 2023
What Caused a Mysterious Grayish Tongue Plaque in a Healthy Man? Man presented with irregular gray-white ulcers on the soft palate, uvula, and tonsils Feb 13, 2023
COVID Vaccines Added to 2023 Child, Adult Immunization Schedules Other notable changes include new guidance on polio, MMR, hepatitis B, and pneumococcal vaccines Feb 10, 2023
AUD Diagnoses After COVID Infection Higher at Certain Points in the Pandemic Social context of pandemic offers most plausible explanation, researchers say Feb 09, 2023
Healthy Lifestyle Before Infection Linked to Lower Long COVID Risk Healthy BMI and adequate sleep both independently associated with risk of long COVID Feb 06, 2023
CDC: Maternal Tdap Vaccine Reduced Whooping Cough in Newborns Youngest babies had less pertussis following the 2011 recommendation Feb 06, 2023
BCG Vaccine Flops for Preventing COVID, Other Respiratory Infections Also made no difference for more severe COVID outcomes Feb 03, 2023
Group A Strep's Most Sinister Sequelae A recent uptick in pediatric infections should remind us of the pathogen's many guises Feb 03, 2023
CDC Sounds Alarm on Eye Drops Linked With Drug-Resistant Infection Permanent vision loss, death due to possible contamination leads to product recall Feb 02, 2023
Meningococcal Vaccine 76% Effective for Kids Under 5, Study Says Effectiveness shown against both serogroup B and non-serogroup B disease in Spanish children Feb 01, 2023
Viruses Tied to Subsequent Dementia, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Viral encephalitis and Alzheimer's disease showed strongest links Jan 30, 2023
FDA Panel Backs Weekly Rezafungin for Candidemia, Invasive Candidiasis Efficacy, safety data sufficient to justify "limited use" indication, say panelists Jan 25, 2023
Probiotic Proves Its Might for Staph Decolonization Bacillus subtilis eliminated most S. aureus in the gut, and without harming microbiome Jan 19, 2023
CDC Starts Making Leadership Changes Head of Maine CDC will become deputy director; insider becomes chief medical officer Jan 17, 2023
Epstein-Barr Virus Tracking After Liver Transplant May Cut Rare Complication Observational study provides suggestive evidence Jan 17, 2023
Off-the-Shelf T-Cell Therapy Effective Against Viral Infections After Allo-HCT Produced an antiviral response in 95% of patients with six different types of infection Jan 13, 2023
Fluvoxamine Flops Again for Milder COVID-19 Large platform trial continues the drug's losing streak Jan 12, 2023
Long-Acting HIV Drug Promising for Treatment-Naive Patients Phase II results move field closer to twice-yearly dosing, although ART options remain a hurdle Jan 09, 2023
Kissing Bug Confidential: Priorities for Managing Chagas Disease Is Trypanosoma cruzi closer than we think, and what should we do about it? Jan 08, 2023
CDC Data Show Mpox Risks in Cisgender, Pregnant Women Understanding transmission in pregnant women "is critical for mpox prevention," researchers say Jan 06, 2023
After Pandemic Lull, Experts Watching Rise in Invasive Strep A Closely Is a recent uptick in pediatric infections a resurgence to normal levels or something more? Jan 06, 2023
Oral Antiviral Matches Paxlovid in High-Risk COVID Remdesivir analogue demonstrates non-inferiority, good safety in Chinese randomized trial Jan 03, 2023
Paralysis Tied to Virus in Kids Goes Off-Script, Baffling CDC The expected outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis never materialized, for reasons unknown Jan 02, 2023
We Can Put Out the Dumpster Fire of the U.S. COVID Response I see reason for public health optimism in 2023 Dec 29, 2022
COVID's Lasting Consequences for Kids Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, details the post-COVID symptoms presenting at his clinic Dec 27, 2022 video
Cholera Returns With a Vengeance Climate change, conflicts, and depleted stocks of vaccine compound mounting concerns Dec 22, 2022
Early Win for Gene Therapy in Rare Form of SCID 10 infants were able to make their own T cells; safety good so far Dec 21, 2022
Tony Fauci's True Legacy As he steps down, I'd like to recognize his enduring commitment to explaining complicated science Dec 19, 2022
Still No Luck With Ivermectin; Parents Dis Vax Mandates; Vraylar OK'd for Depression Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Dec 19, 2022
Only Half of Infectious Disease Training Programs Filled All Fellowship Positions "This was a huge surprise," fellowship program director at Boston University says Dec 16, 2022
'Tony Was Always a Very Clear Voice': Colleagues Bid Fond Farewell to Fauci Infectious disease, public health colleagues praise his knowledge, bedside manner, and leadership Dec 16, 2022