In-Hospital Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance Declined Over 13 Years In-tandem reductions at VA centers suggest antimicrobial stewardship works, researchers say Aug 15, 2024
Did COVID Vax Mandates for Health Workers Increase Uptake? Yes, but only among younger workers and in states with no test-out options Aug 14, 2024
WHO Declares Mpox Outbreaks in Africa a Global Health Emergency Cases of the new form of virus confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries Aug 14, 2024
CDC Alerts on Dramatic Rise in Human Parvovirus B19 Pregnant people and those who are immunocompromised most at risk, agency warns Aug 14, 2024
Are People Spreading Mpox to Their Pets? CDC researchers studied 34 exposed companion animals Aug 14, 2024
CDC: Vaccine Coverage Still Lags for Some Children "We need to do more," says agency's chief medical officer Aug 13, 2024
Why Measles Is 'Coming in Hot' in 2024 "We've seen data showing that vaccination rates across the board globally have dropped" Aug 13, 2024 video
Benzene in Cold Med; Male Cancer Death to Rise 93%; Mail-Order Drugs Compromised? Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 13, 2024
Common Lab Tests Not Useful in Diagnosing Long COVID, Study Shows Lab tests can rule out other conditions, but are not biomarkers for long COVID Aug 12, 2024
Paris Redux: From Health Leader Interviews to COVID at the Olympics A break from the usual data Aug 12, 2024
CDC Action 'Likely Unlawful'; RFK Jr. Loses in Court; 24 Years for Urgent Care Doc Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 12, 2024
Water Quality Was Acceptable When Olympians Swam in the Seine, Data Show New information represents a more complete picture of water quality Aug 09, 2024
Mpox Is Becoming More Deadly. We Need Global Action Now to Prevent Another Pandemic. A new, more dangerous variant has emerged Aug 09, 2024
Sugar Substitute and Blood Clots; Bacteria in Microwaves; Lives Saved by COVID Vax Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 09, 2024
CDC: Kids' Routine Vaccinations Prevented Half a Billion Illnesses Since 1994 And every $1 spent on childhood vaccinations saved about $11, agency says Aug 08, 2024
Common Antibiotics Linked With Serious Skin Reactions in Older Adults Sulfonamides and cephalosporins the worst offenders, study finds Aug 08, 2024
Giving RSV and Flu Vaccines Together Led to Adequate Immune Responses Co-administration generally safe, could reduce vaccine burden, researchers say Aug 07, 2024
Docs Should Start Getting Ready For Upcoming Respiratory Virus Season Updated COVID vax coming soon, not too early to pre-order vaccines, CDC director says Aug 06, 2024
Mask Ban Approved; Magnesium and Sleep; Tenet Hospitals Sold Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 06, 2024
Olympic Athletes Fall Ill After Swim in the Seine: Is Water Quality to Blame? Infectious disease expert cautions against drawing conclusions from anecdotes Aug 05, 2024
Pneumonia Diagnoses Largely Inaccurate? To some extent, it's to be expected, researchers note Aug 05, 2024
Fighting Blind: There Remains Much We Don't Know About the H5N1 Outbreak Here are key questions we need to answer to prevent larger crises Aug 01, 2024
Researchers Try to Better Understand PANS/PANDAS Stanford University group suggests new component to long controversial diagnosis Aug 01, 2024
Death By Firing Squad; Cancers in Millennials; Heart Attacks During COVID Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 01, 2024
Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests "I am very confident there are more people being infected than we know about," researcher says Jul 31, 2024
In Bird Flu Fight, CDC Plans Seasonal Flu Shot Push for Farmworkers Co-infection with seasonal influenza, H5N1 raises concerns about human adaptation, CDC says Jul 30, 2024
Infectious Disease Expert Explains Seine Bacteria as Olympic Events Are Postponed It's not just about E. coli, expert says Jul 30, 2024
Fauci Still Masks: Here's When and Why Former NIAID director also discusses HIV and flu antivirals, his third COVID infection, and more Jul 30, 2024 video
Justice Ginsburg's Health Records Leaked; How Sinead O'Connor Died; H5N1 Stockpiles Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Jul 30, 2024
Switching to Two-Drug HIV Regimen Just as Effective as Three-Drug Approach Dolutegravir-based ART also led to less weight gain Jul 29, 2024
Committee for Economic Development: A Mighty 'Influencer' in Health Policymaking This group's meeting brought civil discourse on healthcare to the nation's capital Jul 29, 2024
Kim Jong Un's Health Problems; Seine Olympic Event Nixed Again; Vegan Diet and Aging Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Jul 29, 2024
Antiretroviral Abacavir Linked With Cardiovascular Events in REPRIEVE Trial Clinicians should consider other options for ART, researcher says Jul 28, 2024
Dengue Fever's Worrisome Surge As global travel increases and temperatures climb, so too will cases of dengue Jul 28, 2024
Single HIV RNA Test Delivered False Positives With Long-Acting Cabotegravir PrEP Findings highlight performance gaps in current HIV testing guidelines, expert says Jul 26, 2024
CDC’s Test for Bird Flu Works, but Has Issues Researchers and lawmakers scrutinize how the agency is handling it Jul 26, 2024
Study Raises Questions About Key Features of H5N1 Infection in Cattle It may not always produce mild illness, and asymptomatic animals can harbor virus Jul 26, 2024
Dementia Risk Drops With Shingles Vaccine Recombinant shingles vaccine tied to 164 additional days without dementia diagnosis Jul 25, 2024
Long-Acting Cabotegravir Appears Safe in Pregnancy Maternal, neonatal outcomes are similar to background rates, analysis finds Jul 25, 2024
'Next Berlin Patient' Adds to Small but Growing Number of People Cured of HIV New case suggests HIV cure can be achieved independent of stem cell transplant donor CCR5 status Jul 25, 2024
