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
Should We Be Surprised by Leprosy's Recent Spike in Florida?
(MedPage Today) -- Author's note: In this column, "leprosy" and "Hansen's disease" are used interchangeably. "Leper" -- a highly stigmatizing term -- should not be used to refer to an infected person.
Earlier this month, a report in Emerging... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
HIV Patient With Movement Disorder Has Different Symptoms on Left and Right Sides
(MedPage Today) -- An unusual manifestation of cerebral toxoplasmosis (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Long COVID Cognitive Research Needs an Overhaul, Task Force Says
(MedPage Today) -- Long COVID cognitive research needs better studies, an international task force urged.
The approach to assessing cognitive dysfunction after SARS-CoV-2 infection requires an overhaul to better understand long COVID prevalence... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Bivalent COVID Shot Extends Benefit in Youngest Kids
(MedPage Today) -- The bivalent COVID-19 vaccines broadened the level of protection against emergency department (ED) or urgent care visits for kids 6 months to age 5, a CDC study found.
In children of this age who had completed their primary... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Doc Suspended for COVID Misinfo Sues, Cites Freedom of Speech
(MedPage Today) -- A Maine physician who had her medical license suspended for spreading false information related to COVID-19 has filed a legal complaint against the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine and its board members for allegedly violating... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Lung Transplant Outcomes for COVID Respiratory Failure Similar to Other Etiologies
(MedPage Today) -- Patients who received lung transplants due to irreversible respiratory failure from SARS-CoV-2 infection had similar outcomes to those who received lung transplants for other reasons, a retrospective study found.
Among 195 patients... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kim K's Full Body Scan; COVID Stats Tick Upward; Football and Parkinson's
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Kim Kardashian's Instagram post about her full-body MRI scan sparked debate about their utility. (STAT)
Some anesthesiologists say semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Long COVID Symptoms May Emerge Months After Infection
(MedPage Today) -- Long COVID symptoms may emerge months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, data from the prospective multicenter INSPIRE study suggested.
Symptom prevalence decreased over 1 year among long COVID patients, but persisted or emerged at... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Two Doctors Will Lose ABIM Certification for Allegedly Spreading False Information
(MedPage Today) -- The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will revoke the board certification of two physicians involved in the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC), according to a statement from the group.
ABIM's Credentials... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
ICU Sink the Culprit in Hospital Superbug Cluster
(MedPage Today) -- Public health investigators linked two cases of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in hospitalized patients to their most likely source -- a sink in the intensive care unit (ICU) room where both had stayed 4 months apart... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Exposure to Cold Outdoor Air Helps Croup Symptoms in Kids
(MedPage Today) -- For children with croup, adding cold outdoor air to mainstay treatment proved beneficial for reducing the intensity of symptoms, especially in moderate cases, a randomized controlled trial showed.
After administration of a single... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Infant Boys Better at Resisting HIV Than Girls?
(MedPage Today) -- BRISBANE, Australia -- Infant boys appeared more likely than girls to be able to resist in utero vertical transmission of HIV, even when their mothers had less than optimal antiretroviral therapy, a longitudinal study showed... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - July 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uncontrolled HIV a Risk Factor for Severe Mpox, Global Analysis Confirms
(MedPage Today) -- BRISBANE, Australia -- The elevated risk of severe mpox in people living with HIV appeared restricted to those with uncontrolled HIV or immunosuppression from other conditions, according to an update on the global outbreak... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - July 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
