Steroid Fails to Boost Survival in Advanced HIV Patients With TB Meningitis
(MedPage Today) -- Adding dexamethasone to treatment for tuberculous (TB) meningitis among heavily immunosuppressed HIV-positive patients in a low-resource setting did not significantly improve survival or confer any other measured benefits, a... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Stethoscope Hygiene: The Next Frontier in Infection Control?
(MedPage Today) -- The evolution of modern medicine has led to a critical reliance on stethoscopes in the daily care of our patients. Stethoscopes, also considered to be the "third hand," are used routinely by almost all healthcare providers across... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
'Long Cold' Common Too; Walgreens Pharmacy Walkout; $2,000 Ivermectin Settlements
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It's not just with COVID-19, people commonly develop "long cold" and lingering symptoms of other respiratory viruses as well, a study in eClinicalMedicine showed... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 9, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Severity of RSV Hospitalizations Rivals COVID in Older Adults
(MedPage Today) -- Hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections were less frequent than those due to influenza or COVID-19 in adults 60 and up, but they were associated with more severe disease, CDC researchers reported.
Among... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Here's How the Novavax COVID Shot Held Up Against Omicron
(MedPage Today) -- During the 2022 Omicron wave, Novavax's protein-based COVID shot had an estimated 50% vaccine effectiveness (VE) against symptomatic infection in fully vaccinated people and a VE of 31% in those who were partially vaccinated... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
COVID Vaccine, Infection May Affect Migraine Course Slightly
(MedPage Today) -- COVID vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection may play a small role in migraine worsening, preliminary data suggested.
While some patients reported migraine worsening after either vaccination or infection, headache diaries did not... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
'Tis the Season of Flea-Borne Typhus
(MedPage Today) -- Pop quiz question #1: How many clinicians can name their region's leading rickettsial threat and its arthropod vector? Globally, the small, intracellular bacteria causing spotted fevers and typhus infect humans via ticks, fleas... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Novavax's Updated COVID Shot Authorized by FDA
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA authorized the updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine to protect against hospitalization and death from circulating variants, the agency announced on Tuesday.
Targeting the XBB.1.5 strain as required by the FDA, the protein... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Actemra Biosimilar Approved
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved the first biosimilar version of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) blocker tocilizumab, to be marketed as Tofidence and with indications for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA)... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
CDC's Turtle Warning; Largest Healthcare Worker Strike? Docs' Political Landmines
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Public health officials continue to investigate multiple outbreaks of Salmonella linked to small turtles, the CDC said.
All 10 pharmaceutical companies with drugs... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Point-of-Care Eye Test Detects Aspergillus-Caused Keratitis
(MedPage Today) -- Point-of-care diagnostics similar to home COVID-19 tests were able to detect microbial keratitis (MK) caused by Aspergillus fungus with good accuracy, according to a prospective study.
An Aspergillus-specific lateral-flow device... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
COVID Drug and New Mutations; Costco Offers $29 Care; Trump Unmasked Over Bronzer
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The COVID-19 antiviral molnupiravir (Lagevrio) was linked with new mutations of the virus. (Nature)
Spending opioid settlement money to curb youth addiction can... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Long COVID Blood Tests Show Distinct Immune and Hormone Function
(MedPage Today) -- Long COVID patients had specific differences in immune and hormone function than other people, blood tests showed.
Compared with matched controls, people with long COVID had marked differences in circulating myeloid and lymphocyte... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Are Paxlovid and Lagevrio Equals?
(MedPage Today) -- Both nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) and molnupiravir (Lagevrio) were associated with a reduction in death during the COVID-19 Omicron era, a large retrospective study of electronic health records from the Cleveland Clinic... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Gabapentin No Help for Lingering COVID-Induced Olfactory Dysfunction
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with oral gabapentin did not improve olfactory dysfunction that remained 3 months after a COVID-19 infection, the randomized GRACE trial showed.
Of 44 patients who completed the 8-week fixed-dose phase, 44% of those... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
