Lessons From the Tuberculosis Woman on the Run
(MedPage Today) -- Over the last few months, a woman from Tacoma, Washington has been widely featured in local and national media, including the New York Times, for refusing to take medication for active tuberculosis (TB). In February 2023, a... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - June 6, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Lessons From the Tuberculosis Patient on the Lam
(MedPage Today) -- Over the last few months, a woman from Tacoma, Washington has been widely featured in local and national media, including the New York Times, for refusing to take medication for active tuberculosis (TB). In February 2023, a... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - June 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Catching the Optimal Amount of Z's May Be Protective Against Long COVID
(MedPage Today) -- Healthy sleep behaviors before and during the pandemic may be protective against long COVID, a prospective cohort study suggested. Of nearly 2,000 women from the Nurses' Health Study II who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

How Black Americans Lost 80 Million Years of Life Over the Past Two Decades
(MedPage Today) -- In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, sits down with Karol Watson, MD, PhD, and Chima Ndumele, MPH, PhD, to discuss their recent study published in JAMA, which found that the Black population in the... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Leading Through Crisis at the WHO
(MedPage Today) -- "The Doctor's Art" is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe/follow... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Youth Social Media Warning; Powassan Virus Death; Cancer Warnings on Alcohol Labels
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. The U.S. Surgeon General called for immediate action by technology companies, policymakers, and families to protect youth mental health on social media. The FDA approved nalmefene... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Perinatal HPV Transmission Low and Cleared Quickly
(MedPage Today) -- Though vaginal human papillomavirus (HPV) was often detected in pregnant women, perinatal transmission was infrequent, and no infection at birth persisted half a year later, a prospective cohort study showed. The virus was detected... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 22, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

A COVID Test Medicare Scam May Be a Trial Run for Further Fraud
(MedPage Today) -- Medicare coverage for at-home COVID-19 tests ended last week, but the scams spawned by the temporary pandemic benefit could have lingering consequences for seniors. Medicare advocates around the country who track fraud noticed... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Masking Yields Small Reduction in COVID Risk, Review Concludes
(MedPage Today) -- Use of masks in both community settings and healthcare settings may slightly reduce risk of COVID-19, but the evidence base leaves much to be desired, the final installment of a living, rapid review of multiple studies found... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

CDC Alerts Over Potential Mpox Resurgence
(MedPage Today) -- As CDC investigates a cluster of mpox cases in the Chicago area, the agency is asking clinicians and public health agencies to be on the lookout for more local outbreaks. In a Health Action Network update on Monday, the CDC... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Tainted 'Male Enhancement' Pills; Green Card Freeze Hits Nursing; Monkeypox Rebounds
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. The FDA issued multiple new warnings over tainted sexual enhancement products that contain "potentially harmful hidden ingredients," some of which are found in prescription drugs... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Are We Ready for the Long COVID Long-Haul?
(MedPage Today) -- "I just don't know what is wrong with me, but something is off, and I am so forgetful. I feel like I have dementia," a good friend said to me recently. I recalled that she had been sick with COVID-19 this past year. I remembered... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

FDA Relaxes Blood Donation Rules for Gay and Bisexual Men
(MedPage Today) -- After decades of rejecting or discouraging men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood for fear of HIV transmission, the FDA issued final guidance on Thursday relaxing donor eligibility rules. Under the new recommendations... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

As the COVID PHE Ends, Here's What Doctors Are Carrying Forward
(MedPage Today) -- The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in the U.S. may mark as close to an "end" to the pandemic as one could get, but that doesn't mean the lessons of the last 3 years have been forgotten. MedPage Today reached out... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Removing the COVID Blindfold
(MedPage Today) -- The COVID public health emergency is officially drawing to a close. Although COVID still lurks in our communities and still causes harm and death, its impact is dramatically less than before. I will look back on COVID as a time... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - May 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news