CDC Advisors Defend Infection Control Draft Guidance HICPAC supports surgical masks for airborne pathogens, sick workers returning after 3 days Nov 18, 2024
Electronic Nudges Improved Flu Shot Uptake in Patients With Acute MI History A cardiovascular-focused letter led to larger improvements in vaccine uptake in Danish program Nov 18, 2024
Where There's Wildfire Smoke, There's Respiratory Infection We're only just beginning to understand what wildfire smoke is capable of Nov 17, 2024
Larger Study Supports Safety of Tetracyclines During Early Pregnancy Jury is still out, however, without more rigorous evidence Nov 14, 2024
Evidence of Resistance to Standard Malaria Therapy for Severe Cases High levels of drug resistance could require changes in management strategies, one expert says Nov 14, 2024
When's the Best Time to Get Your Flu and COVID Shots? It's important to get vaccinated ahead of the holidays, health officials say Nov 08, 2024
An Emergency Doc's Experience Contracting Ebola Craig Spencer reflects on his 2014 Ebola diagnosis after volunteering for Doctors Without Borders Nov 08, 2024 video
Antibody Testing Picks Up More H5N1 Cases in Dairy Farm Workers Seroprevalence study prompts CDC to revise prevention guidance for farm workers Nov 07, 2024
Now Is Not the Time to Undo Adolescent Vaccination Policies Rolling back the meningococcal vaccine recommendation would have far-reaching consequences Nov 07, 2024
Mpox Cases in Congo May Be Stabilizing But experts say more vaccines are needed to stamp out the virus Nov 05, 2024
What Will CDC, FDA, and CMS Look Like After the Election? We talked to healthcare experts to get their predictions for a Trump or Harris administration Nov 01, 2024
RFK Jr. Wants Access to Federal Data to Show Vaccines Are Unsafe, Trump Advisor Says Goal is to get vaccines pulled from the market, according to Trump transition leader Nov 01, 2024
Advancing Health in Africa Rob Breiman, MD, discusses his public health work on the continent Oct 31, 2024 video
What's Our Capacity for Measuring Hospital Capacity? With respiratory virus season coming, resumed reporting is critical Oct 31, 2024
First U.S. Case of Bird Flu in a Pig Raises Concerns Over Threat to Humans The infection happened at a backyard farm Oct 31, 2024
Old Drugs, New Tricks: The Power of Medication Repurposing COVID highlighted the untapped potential of existing treatments Oct 30, 2024
At Least 75 People Sickened as Deadly McDonald's E. Coli Outbreak Expands Nearly two dozen people have been hospitalized Oct 25, 2024
Health Departments Struggle to Track Human Cases of Bird Flu, Emails Reveal "We need to take steps today to prevent the worst-case scenario," says expert Oct 25, 2024
ACIP Votes to 'Harmonize' Dosing and Interval for Meningococcal B Vaccines Bexsero dosing interval to match that of Trumenba Oct 24, 2024
No Evidence of Human-to-Human H5N1 Transmission in Missouri Case No healthcare workers were infected with the virus, CDC says Oct 24, 2024
ACIP Backs Extra COVID Vax Dose for Seniors, Pneumococcal Vax for Adults 50 and Up CDC advisors also formalize recommendations on extra COVID vaccine doses in the immunocompromised Oct 23, 2024
A Look at Food-Related Illnesses at Restaurants Over the Years While pretty rare for well-known restaurant chains, they do happen Oct 23, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of RSV Vaccine Abrysvo to Include All At-Risk Adults Decision was based on need for RSV protection in younger people with chronic conditions Oct 23, 2024
Oral Cephalosporin May Hold Potential for Early Syphilis Cefixime offers several benefits over penicillin G, researcher says Oct 22, 2024
Asthma Drug Did Not Reduce Symptom Duration in Mild to Moderate COVID Future studies should investigate whether getting montelukast earlier makes a difference Oct 22, 2024
Mpox Vaccine in Teens Generates Robust Immune Response, Proves Safe A vaccine for younger children is urgently needed, researcher says Oct 22, 2024
Novel At-Home Test Diagnoses STIs With 'Lab-Equivalent' Accuracy But is it ready for prime time? Oct 21, 2024
Biden Administration Proposes Expanded Access to Contraception Private insurers would have to cover all prescribed contraceptives without cost-sharing Oct 21, 2024
Whooping Cough in the U.S. Is at a Decade-High Level In Wisconsin, there have been about 1,000 cases so far this year versus a total of 51 last year Oct 19, 2024
Tpoxx No Better Than Placebo for Clade I Mpox "We have no current effective therapies," for mpox, expert warns Oct 18, 2024
How Does This Year's Flu Shot Stack Up? Effectiveness appears to be on a downward trend, CDC data suggest Oct 18, 2024
CDC Reminds Docs About This Flesh-Eating Worm Previously eradicated in the U.S., New World screwworms have been creeping north Oct 18, 2024
Organ Donor Comes Back to Life; New Flu Shot Is Different; Doc Sued for Trans Care Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 18, 2024
The Supreme Court's Open Season on Public Health Agencies "I just had this reverence for the court. I don't anymore," says Lawrence Gostin, JD Oct 16, 2024 video
Experts Highlight Alarming Jump in HIV Infections Among Latinos In a perspective piece, they argue that more equitable resource allocation is needed Oct 11, 2024
Excess Deaths Highest Among Younger Minorities During COVID Pandemic Racial, ethnic disparities in all-cause excess deaths worst among those ages 25 to 64 Oct 11, 2024
