Discrimination Rampant in Healthcare; Spring COVID Booster? Lyme Disease Jumps 69% Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Feb 16, 2024
Lawmakers Clash Over COVID Vaccine Safety at House Hearing Purpose of CDC's VAERS reporting system debated Feb 15, 2024
CDC's Tracking a New COVID Variant: BA.2.87.1 More than 30 changes in its spike protein has prompted agency to keep a close eye Feb 15, 2024
Death From Alaskapox Virus: What to Know Small mammals, especially voles, may be behind the cases Feb 13, 2024
One in 10 People With COVID During Pregnancy Will Develop Long COVID This appears to be less than the general adult population, researcher says Feb 13, 2024
Possibility of Animal-to-Human Jump Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease Most likely route for spillover would be via people who eat venison Feb 11, 2024
Use These Antibiotics for Close Contacts of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, CDC Says Amid upswing in cipro-resistant cases, health departments should be vigilant, agency warned Feb 09, 2024
Outpatient Visits Among Veterans Increased After COVID Number of visits remained higher for a year, reflecting persistent health effects of infection Feb 09, 2024
Amid Surge, CDC Unveils New Syphilis Testing Guidance First "one-stop shopping" resource for info on syphilis tests Feb 08, 2024
Iatrogenic Fusarium Solani Meningitis Cases Caused Severe Injury to Brain Stem Combination of novel antifungal, steroids, and surgery likely saved some, report shows Feb 07, 2024
Does the Current Cheese Listeria Outbreak Really Date Back 10 Years? Experts weigh in on how such outbreaks are ultimately uncovered Feb 07, 2024
Bivalent Vax Protected Kids From Symptomatic COVID "Every different way that we sliced this, we found that the vaccine was effective" Feb 06, 2024 video
Candida Auris: What to Know About the Fungal Infection Spreading Across the U.S. The multidrug-resistant organism colonizes skin, lingers on surfaces Feb 06, 2024
Rudest Doctor's Office Behavior; Disease Spread by Dog Poop; Defining Sobriety Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Feb 05, 2024
Study: 'Appalling' U.S. Failure to Protect Frontline Workers During Pandemic Lack of protections "created a perfect storm for vulnerable workers," researchers said Feb 02, 2024
Here's How Effective the Latest COVID-19 Shots Are for Adults Effectiveness of the 2023-2024 vaccine lands at 54% for symptomatic cases Feb 01, 2024
CDC: Deadly Vibrio Bacteria Killed Five People in Three States Last Summer Cases occurred in the wake of record-breaking heat waves Feb 01, 2024
Single-Dose Dengue Vaccine Effective, Regardless of Baseline Serostatus Role of Brazilian Zika outbreak on baseline dengue immunity needs study, expert says Jan 31, 2024
CDC Reports Deaths After Medical Tourism in the Dominican Republic Fatalities frequently involved Brazilian butt lifts Jan 25, 2024
Multiple Societal Factors Contribute to High HIV Risk in Transgender Women Discrimination, homelessness, low PrEP uptake are key factors, according to CDC survey Jan 25, 2024
The Real COVID Isolation Headline That Nobody Is Picking Up On Hint: It relates to you, California healthcare worker Jan 25, 2024
CDC Pushes Back on HICPAC Infection Control Guidance, Asks for Clarification Questions center on precautions against airborne pathogens, use of N95s in healthcare settings Jan 24, 2024
Why I Hope the COVID Pandemic Isn't Over More dwindling before it "ends" would promote better health outcomes Jan 24, 2024
COVID Vax During Pregnancy Safe for Infant Brain Development, Study Suggests Observational data out to 18 months await confirmation in longer-term follow-up Jan 22, 2024
Measles Cases in Several States: What's Going On? COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, travel are all playing a role Jan 18, 2024
Novel Antiviral Shortens COVID Illness in Outpatients, Reduces Viral Load But trial did not provide data on the most clinically relevant outcomes, says expert Jan 17, 2024
Azithromycin at Routine Visits Fails to Prevent Infant Deaths in Africa Effort aimed at reducing the potential for antimicrobial resistance showed no benefit Jan 17, 2024
IG Live January 17: From Long COVID Symptoms to Solutions Leading long COVID researcher Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, discusses new research Jan 16, 2024
Linezolid 'Not Recommended' to Treat Early Syphilis Antibiotic found not non-inferior to penicillin in RTC; trial halted early Jan 12, 2024
Board Restricts Doctor's License Over COVID Misinfo Ryan Cole, MD, failed to meet the standard of care, Washington state's medical board said Jan 11, 2024
Why Are So Many Americans Dying of COVID? 'Gas-Station Heroin;' Measles Outbreak Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 11, 2024
Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trial Respiratory system severity scores, organ failure assessment scores improved, trial found Jan 10, 2024
In This Wave of Respiratory Illness, Primary Care Is Drowning The spike in illness coupled with staff shortages is stretching us thin Jan 10, 2024
Our Healthcare Data Infrastructure Is Abysmal A critical lesson from the COVID-19 crisis Jan 09, 2024
Co-Pays Hurt PrEP Use, Study Suggests Even small increases in costs are projected to reduce PrEP fills, increase HIV infections Jan 08, 2024
FDA Leaders' Vaccination Warning; Michael Bolton's Brain Tumor; JN.1 Now Dominant Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 08, 2024
Paul Offit Debunks Florida Surgeon General's Anti-Vax Warning "It is hard to believe that Dr. Ladapo actually issued that statement," said vaccine expert Jan 05, 2024 video
Another Outbreak of TB Linked to Contaminated Bone Grafts Urgent need to improve donor screening and product testing, CDC says Jan 04, 2024
Gonorrhea, Then and Now And when -- if ever -- will resistant super-bugs increase the use of condoms? Dec 22, 2023
CDC Tracks Down Rare, Deadly Bacteria in Mississippi Gulf Region Locating the bacteria that causes melioidosis akin to "finding a needle in a haystack" Dec 20, 2023
