More Efforts Needed to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance, Lawmakers Told Witnesses at House hearing push for new drugs and tests, and more infectious disease docs Apr 28, 2023
Patients Living With Long COVID Offer Insight to FDA Agency sought feedback on outcomes that matter most to patients Apr 28, 2023
Hospitals Close While Execs Made Millions; Prestigious Group Took Sackler Money This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 26, 2023
Public Health: Lack of Trust, Loss of Workers A talk with Megan Ranney about COVID, the importance of an MPH degree, and hopes for the future Apr 26, 2023
Can Trained Dogs Make COVID Screening More Efficient? A pilot program in California schools tested if dogs could sniff out COVID infection Apr 24, 2023
RSV Infection in Infancy Linked to Later Asthma Could preventing RSV infections reduce childhood asthma by 15%? Apr 20, 2023
The Opioid Addiction Crisis: Politics and Disparities Addiction experts talk telehealth, disparities in access to care, and where the U.S. falls short Apr 19, 2023 video
Poor Sleep After COVID Hospitalization: Dyspnea Is Part of the Equation Worsening sleep quality, duration, and regularity associated with impaired lung function Apr 15, 2023
Training to Prevent Falls in the Elderly; RSV Vax in Older Adults Also in TTHealthWatch: on-scene gun deaths, and COVID versus flu deaths in hospitalized patients Apr 15, 2023 podcast
Michigan Officials Monitoring Large Outbreak of Fungal Infections Tied to Paper Mill More than 90 people have confirmed or probable blastomycosis as of April 7 Apr 11, 2023
How Pediatric Societies Are Reframing the Immunization Service Experience AAP's Janna Patterson, MD, MPH, on improving vaccination rates Apr 11, 2023 video
Vaccine Mandates Are Not Enough to Solve Our Infectious Disease Problem Addressing social and structural factors is essential Apr 11, 2023
FDA Chief on the Future of COVID Where agency stands on boosters, EUAs, and equity after the COVID public health emergency ends Apr 06, 2023 video
Anti-Vaxxer Runs for President; Long COVID and Bad Sleep; ACA Plans Tighten Networks Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Apr 06, 2023
COVID XBB.1.16 Strain 'One to Watch,' Says WHO Reports so far on highly infectious "Arcturus" subvariant do not indicate a rise in severe cases Apr 04, 2023
'Routine Immunizations' Are No Longer Routine Now is the time "to press reset" and get parents back to good habits, says Ofer Levy, MD, PhD Apr 04, 2023 video
French Data Reassure on Bivalent COVID Booster and Stroke Risk No higher risk for stroke, MI, or pulmonary embolism with Pfizer's updated vaccine Mar 29, 2023
Building Vaccine Trust Among the General Public No longer "a single transcendent reference point for decision-making," says Gregory Poland, MD Mar 28, 2023 video
Masking Still Required in About Half of Medical Offices, Poll Finds But that percentage is down from a year ago and is expected to continue dropping, MGMA says Mar 28, 2023
Do We Need a Spring COVID-19 Booster? A look at the data, particularly for high-risk groups Mar 27, 2023
Cholera Outbreak Widens; What Beethoven's DNA Revealed; Grindr's Free HIV Tests Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Mar 23, 2023
Testing Nursing Home Staff Often for COVID Tied to Fewer Resident Deaths Frequent staff testing found to be most effective in the period before vaccines were available Mar 22, 2023
Cases of Deadly Fungus Tripled in Past Few Years, CDC Says The agency has rated Candida auris as an urgent antimicrobial-resistant threat Mar 20, 2023
Long COVID Easing? Wyoming Bans Abortion Pills; Hep A Outbreak Tied to Strawberries Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Mar 20, 2023
Outbreak of Polio Linked to Newer Oral Vaccine Detected in Africa First cases reported from nOPV2, but not completely unexpected, says polio eradication group Mar 17, 2023
FDA Panel Backs Full Approval of Paxlovid for COVID-19 "Besides oxygen, Paxlovid has probably been the single most important treatment," says panelist Mar 16, 2023
Pfizer CEO Backed Mehmet Oz; Trouble Filling NIH Top Job; AI Denies Seniors Care This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 15, 2023
More Young Kids Can Get Bivalent COVID Booster Pfizer's booster authorized in children under 5 who received three doses of monovalent vaccine Mar 14, 2023
20M People Worldwide Received HIV Treatment Through U.S.-Led Program But "significant gaps remain," says CDC researcher Mar 14, 2023
Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Risk of Long COVID in Young Adults Continued efforts to reduce ambient air pollution levels are needed, researchers say Mar 10, 2023
Screen All Adults for Hepatitis B, CDC Says New recommendations favor universal access to screening rather than risk-based approach Mar 09, 2023
Republicans Push COVID Lab-Leak Theory, Imply Cover-Up During Hearing "No smoking gun," but there is "a gun that is at the very least warm to the touch," witness says Mar 09, 2023
Early Metformin Cuts Long COVID Risk Ivermectin and fluvoxamine, meanwhile, showed no benefit in randomized COVID-OUT study Mar 08, 2023
Amid Relaxing COVID Rules for Health Workers, San Francisco Is Reinforcing Them Healthcare workers in the city must continue to mask and be vaccinated Mar 07, 2023
Oral Azithromycin During Labor Fails to Stop Neonatal Sepsis, Death Some secondary benefits seen in West African trial, however Mar 07, 2023
Doctors at Florida Hospital Received Death Threats Over COVID Policies Threats targeted staff over allegations of misconduct, corruption during pandemic Mar 07, 2023
How Can Public Health Officials Increase Trust in Their Agencies? Using science and giving clear recommendations would help, survey suggests Mar 06, 2023
Reclaiming the Health Misinformation Spiral on Social Media There is power through the scrutiny of online information Mar 01, 2023
Second RSV Vaccine for Older Adults Gets Thumbs Up From FDA Advisors VRBPAC unanimously endorses efficacy of GSK's protein fusion vaccine, not quite as sold on safety Mar 01, 2023
