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
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
