<ѻý>CVS Pulls Phenylephrine Cold Meds; Doc's Murder/Suicide; Red Meat and Diabetesѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Oct 20, 2023
<ѻý>COVID Viral Load Peaks Later Now Than Early in Pandemicѻý> Peak on day 4 of symptoms, rather than day 1, has implications for rapid tests, experts say Oct 19, 2023
<ѻý>Paxlovid Priced at $1,390! Snoozing the Alarm and Health; Medical Aid Heads to Gazaѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Oct 19, 2023
<ѻý>Beefed-Up Antibiotic Prophylaxis No Help for Post-Arthroplasty Infectionsѻý> And adding vancomycin to cefazolin may have increased surgical-site infections after knee surgery Oct 18, 2023
<ѻý>Possible Cause of Long COVID 'Brain Fog'; Nursing Shortage Real? Drinking Salt Waterѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Oct 17, 2023
<ѻý>RSV Vaccine Maintains Efficacy Across Two Seasons in Seniorsѻý> And second dose after 1 year appeared to add no extra protection Oct 15, 2023
<ѻý>Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Statsѻý> Treatment delays can undermine a patient's chance of survival Oct 15, 2023
<ѻý>The Parasite Heard 'Round the Worldѻý> A wriggling worm in a woman's brain underscores parasites' indomitable will to survive Oct 14, 2023
<ѻý>A Simple Way to Determine if a Patient Is Really Allergic to Penicillinѻý> Delabeling strategy carries little risk, needs minimal testing, and no specialist consult Oct 14, 2023
<ѻý>Is It Time to Add Universal CMV Screening for Newborns?ѻý> While not quite as sensitive as saliva PCR testing, dried blood spot testing has promise Oct 13, 2023
<ѻý>Medical Tourists Bring Home Fatal Fungal Infectionsѻý> High mortality in outbreak linked to anesthesia in Mexico Oct 13, 2023
<ѻý>Paxlovid and Long COVID; State Bans 'Excited Delirium' Dx; Gaza in Health Crisisѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Oct 13, 2023
<ѻý>Decolonization in Nursing Homes Cuts the Risk of Dangerous Infectionsѻý> Protocol borrowed from the ICU continues to show success Oct 12, 2023
<ѻý>Intranasal COVID Vaccine Generates Strong Immune Responseѻý> Plus: Detecting viruses in wastewater and the maternal RSV vaccine for protecting infants Oct 12, 2023
<ѻý>Likelihood of NTM Lung Disease Cure Linked to Microflora Diversityѻý> Sputum samples may help identify patients responding to antibiotics Oct 12, 2023
<ѻý>Opportunistic Infections Put a Damper on Belatacept After Lung Transplantѻý> Center had to refine its use of the kidney-friendlier immunosuppression regimen Oct 11, 2023
<ѻý>Steroid Fails to Boost Survival in Advanced HIV Patients With TB Meningitisѻý> Mechanisms leading to death may be different in HIV-positive people, say study authors Oct 11, 2023
<ѻý>Docs and Vaccine-Hesitant Patients: Don't Debunk, but Do Discussѻý> Ryan Hassan, MD, MPH, urges clinicians to be gentle when dealing with disinformation and distrust Oct 11, 2023 video
<ѻý>'Long Cold' Common Too; Walgreens Pharmacy Walkout; $2,000 Ivermectin Settlementsѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Oct 09, 2023
<ѻý>Toxic Megacolon: Day in the Life of a Doctorѻý> Make the rounds with Siobhan Deshauer, MD, during a day in the hospital Oct 05, 2023
<ѻý>How Bad Will This Respiratory Virus Season Be? CDC Weighs In.ѻý> Agency officials also outlined recommendations for COVID, RSV, and influenza vaccines Oct 04, 2023
<ѻý>Pediatric EDs Able to Sway Some Families, Clinicians on Penicillin Challengeѻý> Time constraints, fear of reaction among top concerns cited by clinicians Oct 04, 2023
<ѻý>Nasal Sprays Recalled; 75,000 Kaiser Workers Strike; Healthcare AI May Run Amokѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Oct 04, 2023
<ѻý>CDC Proposes 'Morning After' Pill to Prevent STIsѻý> As infections surge, so too has evidence supporting doxycycline in high-risk groups Oct 03, 2023
<ѻý>CDC's Turtle Warning; Largest Healthcare Worker Strike? Docs' Political Landminesѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Oct 03, 2023
<ѻý>COVID Vax in Pregnancy Protects Young Infants Against Omicronѻý> But only about one-fourth of pregnant women reported getting the vaccine Oct 02, 2023
<ѻý>Clean Up the COVID Booster Mess by Returning to a Single-Payer Systemѻý> We must reopen the door to easy preventive care access Oct 02, 2023
<ѻý>IV Immunoglobulin May Cut Infection Risk of Anti-BCMA Agents for Myelomaѻý> Small retrospective study finds fewer severe infections during periods of replacement therapy Sep 29, 2023
<ѻý>Point-of-Care Eye Test Detects Aspergillus-Caused Keratitisѻý> Lateral-flow device promising as first rapid test for primary care use Sep 28, 2023
<ѻý>COVID Heart Injuries Traced Back to Infected Arterial Plaque, Inflammationѻý> SARS-CoV-2 persistence in some vascular cells may have ties to long COVID Sep 28, 2023
<ѻý>Long COVID Rare in U.S. Kids, Has Affected 7% of Adultsѻý> More common among girls and women Sep 26, 2023
<ѻý>COVID Conspiracies Return; Norovirus on the Hiking Trail; 2nd Pig Heart Transplantedѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Sep 25, 2023
<ѻý>CDC Advisors Endorse Maternal RSV Vax to Protect Newbornsѻý> Vast majority of infants will not need monoclonal antibody if mom has received the vaccine Sep 22, 2023
<ѻý>Amoxicillin Alone for Acute Sinusitis Holds Up Against Broad-Spectrum Cousinѻý> Excess adverse events tilts balance away from amoxicillin-clavulanate for kids Sep 22, 2023
<ѻý>Are Paxlovid and Lagevrio Equals?ѻý> Study shows similar mortality benefit for high-risk COVID patients, but evidence is up for debate Sep 21, 2023
<ѻý>When It Comes to Vaccine Strategy, Be Careful Comparing the U.S. to Other Countriesѻý> The health landscape varies significantly from country to country Sep 20, 2023
<ѻý>Vaccine Research and Combating the Anti-Science Movement Go Hand in Handѻý> An excerpt from Hotez's new book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science Sep 19, 2023
<ѻý>Child Develops Voluminous Diarrhea After Amoxicillinѻý> Discordant test results complicate diagnosis of suspected C. difficile Sep 18, 2023
<ѻý>Is Being a Night Owl Unhealthy? CRC Screening Not Recommended Enoughѻý> Also in TTHealthWatch: CVD death and obesity Sep 16, 2023 podcast