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COVID Drops to Fourth Leading Cause of Death, CDC Says

Virus-linked deaths in 2022 dipped below those caused by unintentional injury

May 04, 2023
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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
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Human Bird Flu Death; U.S. Syphilis Cases Skyrocket; 2023's Top Medical Schools

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

Apr 12, 2023
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CDC Alerts Docs to Watch for Potential Imported Marburg Cases

Concern grows, though no cases have been detected outside Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania so far

Apr 06, 2023
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TB Cases Rebound to Near Pre-Pandemic Levels, CDC Data Show

Agency also now recommends video DOT as "equivalent" option for monitoring medication adherence

Mar 24, 2023
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Screen All Adults for Hepatitis B, CDC Says

New recommendations favor universal access to screening rather than risk-based approach

Mar 09, 2023
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis on the Rise in the U.S.

This easily transmissible infection causes severe diarrhea, with limited treatment options

Feb 24, 2023
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Is Orthrus the Next Top-Dog COVID Variant?

CH.1.1 now accounts for about a quarter of cases in the U.K.

Feb 07, 2023
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Plan for More Oversight of Pathogen-Related Research Passes Hurdle

Proposed recommendations approved by federal advisors, to head to NIH for review

Jan 27, 2023
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More States Consider Wastewater Surveillance for Polio

New York began surveillance after first polio case in June; CDC now working with other locations

Dec 27, 2022
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Study: COVID-19 Hospital Entrance Screening Might Not Be Worth It

It's high cost for low yield, a large academic medical center shows

Nov 28, 2022
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Biosecurity Incident in Wuhan; Subpar RSV Surveillance; Inside Healthcare PE Firm

This past week in healthcare investigations

Nov 02, 2022
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Be Alert for Ebola, CDC Says

No suspected cases from Uganda's outbreak have reached the U.S., but agency calls for vigilance

Oct 06, 2022
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How Long Has Polio Been Circulating in the U.S.?

The virus has likely been circulating in U.S. cities intermittently for years, experts say

Aug 25, 2022
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