Mask Ban Approved; Magnesium and Sleep; Tenet Hospitals Sold Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today 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 MedPage Today 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 MedPage Today 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 MedPage Today 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
Republican Lawmakers Want the CDC to Stay in Its Lane Proposed bill would cut CDC funding by 22% Jul 24, 2024
Are Doctors Missing Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu in People Who Drink Raw Milk? What would the infection look like, and would doctors recognize it and test for it? Jul 23, 2024
Sepsis Alerts in Emergency Departments Linked to Lower Mortality False positives, alarm fatigue complicate their use, experts say Jul 22, 2024
Bear-Eaters Beware: Trichinella Larvae Still Live in Animals We Eat Shining a light on an ancient, foodborne parasite Jul 21, 2024
Nasal Sprays for Respiratory Infections; Paxlovid in COVID Prevention Also in TTHealthWatch: diabetes in kids after COVID Jul 20, 2024 podcast
No Asymptomatic Bird Flu Infections in Dairy Farmworkers, Small Study Finds But officials announce two more cases among farmworkers in Colorado Jul 19, 2024
IG Live July 19: Measles, Bird Flu, COVID, Oh My! Experts unpack what recent outbreaks mean for public health Jul 18, 2024
Long COVID Risk Has Fallen, Largely Attributable to Vaccine Rollout However, metabolic and gastrointestinal sequelae increased among the unvaccinated Jul 18, 2024
Nasal Sprays Reduce Sick Days From Respiratory Illnesses in High-Risk Patients Sprays and behavioral intervention also reduced antibiotic use in primary care Jul 17, 2024
Paxlovid After a COVID Exposure Fails to Reduce Household Transmission Nearly all trial participants had some level of immunity at baseline, however Jul 17, 2024
D.C. Hospital Gets a Wake-Up Call to Chagas Disease Report is part of larger efforts to increase awareness of neglected disease Jul 17, 2024
U.S. Health Officials Confirm Four New Bird Flu Cases Infections in Colorado poultry workers bring U.S. total to nine since 2022 Jul 15, 2024
COVID May Affect Type 1 Diabetes in Kids, and Not in a Good Way Clinical disease incidence jumped after infection Jul 15, 2024
Dr. Ruth Dies; Details About Trump Shooter; Bird Flu Pandemic a Single Mutation Away Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Jul 15, 2024
Don't Try ARBs for Severe COVID, Trial Indicates Harms seen without any compensating survival benefit Jul 12, 2024
Thousands of Oregon Hospital Patients May Have Been Exposed to Infectious Diseases An anesthesiologist may not have followed infection control practices Jul 12, 2024
Newborn Hep B Vax Refusal Rates Dropped During Pandemic, D.C. Study Finds Hospital setting may offer unique opportunity to increase vaccination rates Jul 11, 2024
