'End of This Phase': Trial Halts Testing of HIV Vaccine Candidates
(MedPage Today) -- The PrEPVacc trial has stopped administering two investigational HIV vaccines that showed no efficacy in preventing infection, investigators announced on Wednesday during the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - December 7, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO
(MedPage Today) -- Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) any faster compared... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - December 2, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Can Paxlovid Improve Long COVID Symptoms?
(MedPage Today) -- In this interview, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, talks with Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM, of Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, about his ongoing study testing nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Stephen Colbert's Surgery; BA.2.86 Variant Triples; Ransomware Attack Hits Hospitals
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"The Late Show" is sidelined this week as host Stephen Colbert recovers from a burst appendix. (AP)
The BA.2.86 COVID variant tripled in new CDC estimates and now... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Disparities in PrEP Use Persist
(MedPage Today) -- MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders for a virtual roundtable discussion on HIV news from the IDWeek annual meeting: Moderator Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, of the University of California San Francisco, is joined by... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 20, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Higher-Dose Fluvoxamine Fails for COVID Outpatients
(MedPage Today) -- The extensive quest to repurpose a cheap therapy for non-hospitalized COVID patients has once again fallen short, this time using a higher dose of fluvoxamine (Luvox), a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).
In the... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Three Ways to Protect Infants From RSV This Winter
(MedPage Today) -- In this video interview, Paul Offit, MD, of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses three preventive measures to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this season. Offit is also a member of the FDA's Vaccines... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 17, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
COVID Rebound May Occur in 20% of Paxlovid Users
(MedPage Today) -- A new study in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that one in five COVID patients who take nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) may experience viral rebound, a far higher proportion than seen in prior analyses.
In this video... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Long COVID Immune Profiles Appear Largely Normal
(MedPage Today) -- Spinal fluid immune profiles were largely normal in people with neurologic long COVID symptoms in a case-control study, suggesting brain inflammation was not a cause of long COVID cognitive symptoms.
In 37 people with post-COVID... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
CDC Issues Health Advisory; Paxlovid Rebound Rates; More Lawyers for Vaccine Claims
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The CDC issued a health advisory after multiple states reported cases of high blood lead levels in children consuming recalled cinnamon-containing applesauce products... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New Data on Capsid Inhibitor for HIV
(MedPage Today) -- MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders for a virtual roundtable discussion on HIV news from the IDWeek annual meeting: Moderator Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, of the University of California San Francisco, is joined by... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
'Uncertain' Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds
(MedPage Today) -- Pre-existing asthma and rhinitis were associated with an increased risk of long-term COVID symptoms in a meta-analysis, though the link was questionable.
Low-certainly evidence indicated that asthma was associated with an increased... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Personal Beliefs May Skew Pandemic Memories and Deepen Polarization
(MedPage Today) -- As we move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and look to evaluate our past responses to prepare for future crises, our new series of studies published in Nature sheds light on a concerning issue: Societal polarization between the... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
This Antibiotic May Reduce C. Diff Risk in Pneumonia Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Compared with azithromycin, doxycycline was associated with reduced Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a retrospective cohort study found.
Used alongside... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Infectious Disease Groups Urge CMS to Retire Sepsis Treatment Guidelines
(MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) current guidelines for treating sepsis should be retired and replaced with more performance-based measures, according to a coalition of medical groups.
The measure, known... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 2, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
