Inhaled Glucocorticoid Flops for Speeding COVID Recovery in Outpatients
(MedPage Today) -- Inhaled fluticasone furoate failed to shorten recovery time for non-hospitalized adults with COVID-19, new data from the adaptive ACTIV-6 trial found.
When used daily for 2 weeks, a quicker COVID-19 recovery time -- considered... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
BA.2.86 Variant Spotted in 10 States; Vax and Long COVID; Children and Suicide
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The highly mutated COVID variant BA.2.86 has been spotted in samples from Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 19, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Legionnaires Disease in Lung Transplant Recipients Likely From Donor
(MedPage Today) -- Aspirated freshwater in the lungs of an organ donor who died by drowning in a river was the likely source of Legionnaires disease in two patients who received lung transplants at a Philadelphia hospital last year.
While one... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
A Look at the Data Behind CDC's Updated COVID Vax Decision
(MedPage Today) -- CDC epidemiologists conducted extensive data reviews to inform the recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on this season's updated monovalent COVID vaccines -- and MedPage Today captured... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Hunt for Hospital Inmate Escapees; Florida Slams CDC Guidance; Oktoberfest CT Scans
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An inmate with drug charges escaped a Manhattan hospital and was found over a month later sleeping on a friend's couch in Queens. (ABC News)
Meanwhile, D.C. police... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
What It Will Really Take to Restore Trust in the CDC
(MedPage Today) -- On Monday, FDA announced the approval of updated COVID vaccines. On Tuesday, the CDC announced its recommendations for who should get the shot. The announcements feel timely with the uptick in cases, but there continues to be... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
FDA OKs Updated COVID Shots
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has authorized and approved updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for use in adults and children ages 6 months and up, the agency announced on Monday.
Doing away with any vestige of the original vaccines -- the bivalent shots... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
How to Help Patients Navigate a Newly Complex Vaccine Season
(MedPage Today) -- In years past, once the calendar moved into September, there were straightforward recommendations across healthcare settings being provided to all adult patients about the benefits of receiving the annual influenza vaccine. Healthcare... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Vaccines Not Linked to MS Flare-Ups
(MedPage Today) -- Getting vaccinated wasn't tied to an uptick in multiple sclerosis (MS) flare-ups in a large national study from France.
Hospitalization for an MS flare showed no hint of increased likelihood in the 60 days after exposure to... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Post-COVID Cognitive Deficits Linked With Clotting Proteins
(MedPage Today) -- Two distinct blood biomarker profiles predicted cognitive deficits 6 and 12 months after COVID-19, prospective U.K. data showed.
Both biomarker profiles featured proteins involved in coagulation, reported Maxime Taquet, PhD... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Shorter TB Regimen Misses the Mark
(MedPage Today) -- Shorter high-dose rifampicin regimens proved safe for treating pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), but failed to demonstrate noninferiority compared with the standard 6-month regimen, a phase III trial found.
For the primary efficacy... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 31, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Live Worm Removed From Woman's Brain
(MedPage Today) -- A live, wriggling parasitic roundworm, 80 mm long, was extracted from the brain of a 64-year-old woman in Australia.
The worm was a third-stage larval form of Ophidascaris robertsi and was surgically removed from the patient... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 29, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
U.S. Lockdown Return Debunked; Insurer Eases Prior Auths; Mudder Race Infections?
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The AP debunked misinformation about U.S. plans for early pandemic-style lockdowns and masking mandates.
Meanwhile, a report from the Royal Society found that lockdowns... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
CDC Issues Sepsis Care Guidance for Hospitals
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC issued new guidance to hospitals Thursday for managing sepsis and called on hospitals to do better at treating it.
"Every hospital, regardless of size, location, and resources can strengthen the quality of care delivered... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
What You Don't Know About Leprosy
(MedPage Today) -- In this video, Claire Panosian Dunavan, MD, professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and Maria Teresa Ochoa, MD, clinical professor... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
