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Ingrid Hein

Ingrid Hein

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Ingrid Hein

Ingrid Hein has been a medical reporter for more than a decade. Before joining MedPage Today, she covered medical conferences for WebMD / Medscape Medical News. Previous to writing about health, Ingrid put her BA in journalism from Concordia University to work as a technology reporter and columnist. She appeared as a panelist on CBC radio and wrote weekly columns for Toronto and Montreal newspapers. Ingrid lives just outside the Montreal area, in Canada. She keeps chickens, makes pottery, and enjoys staying healthy doing sports that can be done in the woods or without wearing shoes.

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Study Renews Debate on Timing of Surgery After COVID Infection

In VA cohort, no higher risk for adverse postoperative outcomes seen within 60 days of infection

FDA APPROVED leniolisib (Joenja) over a photo of a female physician palpating her mature male patients lymph nodes.

FDA Greenlights First Drug for Rare Immunodeficiency Disease

Activated PI3K-delta syndrome may have a new standard of care

FDA APPROVED rezafungin for injection (Rezzayo) over a computer rendering of candida tropicalis yeasts

FDA Approves Long-Acting Antifungal for Treating Candida

The once-weekly, next-generation echinocandin is the first new treatment option in a decade

A photo of the vial and packaging of novel oral polio vaccine type 2

Outbreak of Polio Linked to Newer Oral Vaccine Detected in Africa

First cases reported from nOPV2, but not completely unexpected, says polio eradication group

A scanning electron microscope of a blood clot.

Clot Risk Generally Low for COVID Outpatients

But people with past VTE, thrombophilia, and older age experienced elevated risk

A computer rendering of hepatitis B viruses.

Hep B Prior to Pregnancy Tied to Congenital Heart Diseases in Infants

Higher risks tied to both infected women and men

A photo of a blue rubber gloved hand holding a test tube of blood labeled for testing for Hepatitis B

Screen All Adults for Hepatitis B, CDC Says

New recommendations favor universal access to screening rather than risk-based approach

A chest CT scan of a patient with COVID

Typical Chest CTs for COVID Less Common After Omicron, Vaccination

More vaccine doses associated with less severe CT results as well

A photo of a box and blisterpack of metformin tablets on a granite counter

Early Metformin Cuts Long COVID Risk

Ivermectin and fluvoxamine, meanwhile, showed no benefit in randomized COVID-OUT study

A photo of a pregnancy examination at a women’s clinic in Bamako, Mali, West Africa.

Oral Azithromycin During Labor Fails to Stop Neonatal Sepsis, Death

Some secondary benefits seen in West African trial, however

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