COVID Worries Dwindling, but Americans Are Still Anxious Also, more employers skimping on mental health benefits in 2022 versus 2020 May 23, 2022
Six COVID Treatments Entered Rapid Testing, All Failed I-SPY results seen as testament to new adaptive trials May 23, 2022
The Syphilis Surge Must Be Viewed as a Public Health Emergency Let's remove administrative and resource barriers impeding the appropriate response May 22, 2022
Draft Genome Sequence of Latest Monkeypox Virus Unveiled No indication latest strain is "substantially different" from those circulating in recent years May 20, 2022
COVID Cases Emerge After Emergency Medicine Meeting Attendees say lack of mitigation measures among their own disheartening for public health May 20, 2022
Adenovirus Remains a 'Strong Lead' for Unusual Hepatitis in Kids, CDC Says Agency "also exploring other potential exposures," including different infections, toxins May 20, 2022
Experts Attempt to Demystify Paxlovid Prescribing The IDSA offers a drug interaction guide, encourages communication between specialists May 20, 2022
What Doctors Need to Know About Monkeypox While the potential of increased transmissibility is being sorted, here's what we know for sure May 20, 2022
Here's How Doctors Are Trying to Help Long COVID Patients Earliest long COVID programs don't have all the answers, but focus on individual treatment May 19, 2022
Misinformation Docs See Their Political Stars Rise Familiar names appear on speakers' lists for popular conservative rallies May 19, 2022
Should Doctors Worry About 'Nuremberg 2.0?' It's a "completely misleading application of the concepts of the Nuremberg trials" May 19, 2022
MELD Scoring for Liver Transplants in Need of Sex Adjustment, Study Says Researchers find "pervasive sex differences" in sodium-adjusted MELD scoring system May 18, 2022
Study: Some COVID Survivors 'Sicker Than They Feel' Performance on 6-minute walk doesn't match self-reports of improved health May 17, 2022
FDA Rejects Cheap Antidepressant to Treat Early COVID David Boulware, who submitted the EUA for fluvoxamine, argues the agency is "behind the times" May 17, 2022
Inhaled Interferon Fails in Pivotal COVID Trial, but Developer Pushes On Enough hints of benefit in SPRINTER to warrant further studies, officials say May 17, 2022
Can Trained Dogs Sniff Out COVID-Positive Travelers? Randomized trial in Finland suggests dogs can detect virus in airline passengers May 16, 2022
Drastic Drop in Antibiotic Overuse for Common Urology Procedure: How They Did It Single center's strategy cut antibiotic administration by 30% in cystoscopy May 16, 2022
Trace Metal Tied to Mycobacterial Infection Risk Correlation isn't causation, but now there's more reason to suspect a direct connection May 16, 2022
Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and CKD Face Poor COVID Outcomes Severity of kidney disease ups risk of ICU time, in-hospital mortality, and more May 15, 2022
Caution Urged With Paxlovid in Transplant Patients Small case series emphasizes the need to discontinue tacrolimus prior to starting therapy May 13, 2022
What Paxlovid Rebound Could Mean for Patients "This is not a failure of Paxlovid," argues Michael Mina, MD, PhD May 13, 2022 video
Can Alternative Approaches Help in Long COVID? The culture and tools of allopathic medicine alone may be insufficient for now May 12, 2022
COVID in Newborns Linked With Necrotizing Enterocolitis Risk Indonesian study of infants born to COVID-positive mothers also found associations with asphyxia May 12, 2022
Hospitals Face Tough Choices as Lockdown in China Disrupts IV Contrast Supply As shortage continues, clinicians are ensuring that the most serious patients are prioritized May 11, 2022
Moderna's COVID Vaccine Holds Up for Kids 6-11 Years Interim results get peer-reviewed journal treatment ahead of potential EUA May 11, 2022
How a COVID Misdiagnosis Revealed Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak Case "highlights the importance of autopsy," medical examiner says May 11, 2022
Socially Vulnerable Patients Discharged Sooner After C-Section Disparities only exacerbated during the pandemic, retrospective study shows May 11, 2022
Fecal Transplant for Recurrent C. Diff Tied to Improved Mental Health Dutch study showed associations with less severe depression and better self-rated health May 11, 2022
Doctor's Co. Faked COVID Test Results; Surgeon Sues Over Sexism; Hospital Price Hike This past week in healthcare investigations May 11, 2022
Doxycycline Bests Azithromycin for Anogenital Chlamydia in Women Open-label randomized trial set out to duplicate results from prior studies in men May 10, 2022
Most COVID Transmission Is Still Asymptomatic Some 60% of spread starts with those who have no symptoms, and that may be higher with Omicron May 10, 2022
The Alabama Doc Who Sounded the Alarm on Unusual Hepatitis in Kids Markus Buchfellner, MD, and team were surprised by positive adenovirus results May 06, 2022
Case Series Hints at Possible Paxlovid Role in Long COVID Two patients saw easing of symptoms following course of therapy, according to pre-print May 06, 2022
What Do We Know About Paxlovid Rebound? And how should clinicians handle relapses after a 5-day course? May 06, 2022
Atypical Antipsychotics Linked to Lower Odds of COVID Study looked at psychiatric inpatients during first pandemic wave May 06, 2022
Can Antivirals Help in the Treatment of Long COVID? I self-tested this hypothesis, but much more research is needed May 05, 2022
CDC: COVID Boosters Blunted Omicron's Effect on Nursing Homes Residents with a booster more protected than those with only a primary series May 05, 2022
Two New Regimens Win FDA Approval for H. Pylori Infection Dual and triple vonoprazan-based treatments offer physicians another set of options May 04, 2022
COVID in the Donor Organ: What's the Risk? In small sample, donors gave infection to lung recipients, yet not to other organ recipients May 03, 2022
Post-COVID Myocardial Scarring in Young Healthy Man Case raises concerns about long-term consequences of undetected myocardial involvement May 02, 2022