• Suicides by firearms in US reached new high for third straight year
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Firearm-related suicides reached a new high in the United States in 2023, making it the third straight year such a mark was hit, according to new data from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “The rise in firearm...
  • RSV Raises Risk for Diverse Complications Across Adulthood
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    New data showed adverse outcomes from respiratory syncytial virus in younger adults. Medscape Medical News
  • A 10-Year-Old Presents With ‘Itchy Bumps’ on His Extremities
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    The exam shows erythematous papules and vesicles on the upper and lower extremities, along with scattered crusted lesions and hypopigmented ring lesions. Medscape Dermatology
  • Promising STI prevention tool linked to antibiotic resistance
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    More evidence has emerged that a CDC-endorsed STI prevention strategy that involves taking the antibiotic doxycycline after having unprotected sex may be contributing to antibiotic resistance in the United States. The CDC last year...
  • ACIP's June Meeting: Glaring Omissions and Shocking Addition
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    In this edition of Medicine Matters, Dr Sandra Fryhofer, breaks down the June ACIP meeting — RSV and COVID vaccines votes, the omission of HPV, and misleading information about thimerosal. Medscape Internal Medicine
  • HHS cancels USPSTF meeting, raising concern among medical groups
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    HHS abruptly canceled a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force meeting scheduled for today, leading some to question the future of its 16 members. HHS confirmed the cancelation to Healio but did not comment on whether the meeting would be...
  • Most COVID-19 Drugs Fall Short, Meta-Analysis Confirms
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    A meta-analysis of 187 trials shows that Paxlovid and remdesivir reduce the risk for hospitalization in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 with moderate certainty. Medscape Medical News
  • AMR Isn’t Just Coming but Already Undermining Your Practice
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Antimicrobial resistance not only undermines the efficacy of current treatments but also endangers the entirety of modern medicine, including surgical procedures and cancer treatments. Medscape Medical News
  • High-risk HIV groups facing record levels of criminalisation as countries bring in draconian laws
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
    Curbs on LGBTQ+ rights and a halt to US funding may reverse decades of progress in fight to end Aids epidemic, warns UNAids People at higher risk of HIV, such as gay men and people who inject drugs, are facing record levels of...
  • Bedaquiline-Resistant TB Treatment Shows Limited Success
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Current treatment for bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis is linked with poor microbiological responses, unfavorable clinical outcomes, and considerable mortality. Medscape Medical News
  • 50 Years of Vaccines: How EPI Saved 154M Lives Globally
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Physicians who champion immunization sustain herd immunity, reducing the incidence of severe diseases, hospitalizations, and deaths across all age groups. Medscape Medical News
  • Monarez a step closer to becoming CDC director
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Senators voted along party lines Wednesday to advance the nomination of Susan Monarez, PhD, to be the next CDC director. The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee voted 12-11 in favor of sending the nomination...
  • Medical Groups’ Suit Seeks to Reverse COVID Vaccine Guidance
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    A Health and Human Services spokesman says that the HHS Secretary stands by his decisions. Medscape Medical News
  • US measles cases hit level not seen since 1992
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Measles outbreaks occurring across the United States now include the highest number of cases reported in any year since 1992. As of July 9, the CDC has confirmed 1,288 measles cases in the U.S. so far in 2025, although there have likely...
  • Black Jack (Bidens Pilosa)
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Research on Bidens Pilosa remains limited but promising regarding several real-world applications (such as those already in use in traditional medicine) and potential dermatologic applications. Medscape Dermatology
  • 6 questions physicians should ask before buying an AI product
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    More physicians than ever are turning to AI to improve efficiency — from administrative tasks to diagnosis and treatment — but it is important to do due diligence and fully understand an AI product before implementing it, experts said....
  • EU urged to build stockpiles to prepare for pandemic, natural disaster or invasion
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
    European Commission unveils strategy for storing medicine, generators and raw materials The EU should develop stockpiles of medicine, generators and raw materials to be better prepared for a military invasion, pandemic or natural...
  • Does Metabolic Dysfunction Affect Liver Fibrosis in Hep B?
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is prevalent among patients with chronic hepatitis B in Europe and is linked to an increased risk for fibrosis. Medscape News UK
  • EU Aims to Stockpile Critical Medical Supplies for Future Crises
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    The European Union aims to stockpile critical medical equipment and vaccines in case of future health crises and to set up a network to ease coordination among EU countries,... Reuters Health Information
  • Popular HIV Drug Linked to Higher Risk for MACE
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    A secondary analysis of a large trial shows that exposure to the HIV drug abacavir is linked to an elevated risk for major cardiovascular events in people with HIV. Medscape Medical News
  • Novel Antifungal Offers Hope in Resistant Fungal Infections
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Olorofim, a novel antifungal agent, shows efficacy and tolerability in patients with invasive fungal diseases with limited treatment options. Medscape Medical News
  • The Long Haul
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    As symptoms change and research catches up, doctors work to diagnose and treat the ever-evolving COVID virus. WebMD
  • Childhood exposure to anxiety, depression likely increases risk for adolescent migraine
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    MINNEAPOLIS — Exposure to symptoms of anxiety, depression and headache earlier in life for both children and parents is likely to increase the risk for migraine in adolescence, though exact genetic or environmental factors are unknown....
  • Common Cold Virus Infections Drop After SARS-CoV-2 Exposure
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Test positivity for common cold coronaviruses significantly declined following widespread SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination. Medscape Medical News
  • Vaccination Added to Pillars of Heart Disease Prevention
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    In a new consensus statement, the European Society of Cardiology has declared vaccinations for common infections to be a fourth pillar in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Medscape Medical News
  • Wildfire-Led Indoor Activity May Raise Flu Transmission Risk
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Wildfire smoke increases indoors activity, raising the risk for airborne disease transmission such as influenza and COVID-19, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News
  • Novartis Wins Approval for First Malaria Drug for Newborns and Babies
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Novartis said on Tuesday it had received approval in Switzerland for Coartem Baby, which it said was the first drug to treat malaria in babies and very young... Reuters Health Information
  • Why Long COVID May Hit Toddlers Harder Than Thought
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    Researchers report that symptoms such as irritability and sleep disruption can persist for more than a year after SARS-CoV-2 infection in some patients under the age of 5 years. Medscape Medical News
  • US CDC Ends Emergency Bird Flu Response as Infections Decline
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines
    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, owing to a decline in animal infections and no... Reuters Health Information
  • Pregnant doctor denied Covid-19 vaccine sues Trump administration
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
    Lawsuit takes aim at RFK Jr’s decision to advise against Covid vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children A pregnant physician who was denied a Covid-19 vaccine is suing the Trump administration alongside a group of leading doctors...
  • Physicians sue RFK Jr. over vaccine changes
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Six medical associations and a pregnant physician have filed a lawsuit against health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS over recent changes to federal vaccine recommendations. The lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in...
  • Acne, obesity common in kids with hidradenitis suppurativa
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Pediatric hidradenitis suppurativa is associated with medical and psychological comorbidities including acne, obesity and anxiety, signaling a need for multidisciplinary care in this population, according to a study. Past studies have...
  • How a lost gene gave the sea spider its bizarre, leggy body
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Bacteria News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing gene. The detailed DNA map shows this ancient creature...
  • Scientists just found a major flaw in a key COVID drug study
    Friday, July 4, 2025 from Infectious Diseases News -- ScienceDaily
    A promising path to fighting COVID and other coronaviruses may have been based on a serious mistake. Scientists had zeroed in on a part of the virus called the NiRAN domain, believed to be a powerful target for new antiviral drugs. But...
  • Trump signs 'Big Beautiful Bill': Here's what it means for health care
    Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    The House has passed the Trump administration’s sweeping domestic agenda bill, which experts said will have massive implications for health care in the United States. The legislation, known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” was signed into...
  • AI diagnostic superiority over physicians may be ’exaggerated’
    Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    When Microsoft AI announced one of its systems solved complex medical cases more accurately and cost-effectively than expert physicians, the company touted the results as a first step on the “path to medical superintelligence.” Health...
  • Federal judge blocks mass layoffs at HHS
    Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    A federal judge this week granted a preliminary injunction to halt mass layoffs at HHS, saying the Trump administration was not authorized to make sweeping changes to an agency created by Congress. The decision, handed down by U.S....
  • Q&A: An interview with the hosts of ‘This Podcast Will Kill You’
    Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    PHOENIX — The hosts of “This Podcast Will Kill You” encouraged attendees at this year’s Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology meeting to become better science communicators. Erin Allmann Updyke, MD, PhD,...
  • The French paradox: Lessons for American practice management
    Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” – Peter Drucker “There’s a way to do it better — find it.” – Thomas A. Edison We recently finished a small consulting project in a suburban Paris...
  • Moderna reports positive phase 3 data for mRNA seasonal flu vaccine
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Moderna this week announced positive data from a phase 3 trial of its messenger RNA vaccine against seasonal influenza, which could set the stage for the company’s combination COVID-19/influenza shot. “The severity of this past flu...
  • ‘Full of excuses’: families condemn Matt Hancock’s testimony to Covid inquiry
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
    Former health secretary defends decision to discharge untested patients into care homes as ‘least worst option’ Bereaved families have said Matt Hancock’s evidence to the Covid inquiry “was full of excuses and completely devoid of...
  • Q&A: How to advocate for better vaccine policies in your state
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    West Virginia has one of the highest kindergarten vaccination rates in the country. Although national MMR and DTaP coverage fell below 93% during the 2023-2024 school year, West Virginia reported coverage exceeding 98% for both vaccines....
  • First Amazon country declared free of malaria
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to be declared free of malaria, WHO announced this week. It is the 12th country in the Americas and 47th country or territory globally to stop local transmission of the...
  • Wrexham nursing home owner tells Covid inquiry lack of testing terrified staff
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
    Helen Hough says her husband was traumatised by ‘horrific’ death of patient and later killed himself A woman whose husband killed himself amid the pressure of running a care home during the pandemic has told the Covid inquiry that staff...
  • Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation safe, effective in treating adolescent depression
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation was safe and effective in treating adolescents and young adults with major depressive disorder, according to a study published in Psychiatry Research. This treatment could be an alternative for...
  • Nearly 75% of pivotal cancer trials in past 5 years exclude people living with HIV
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    CHICAGO — Despite recent ASCO and FDA guidance recommending the inclusion of people living with HIV in pivotal cancer trials, nearly 75% of trials over the past 5 years excluded this population, according to study results. Finding...
  • Anal cancer screening at age 35 for gay, bisexual men with HIV may cut deaths by 65%
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Healio.com INFECTIOUS DISEASE RSS Feed
    Anal cancer screening among men who have sex with men with HIV aged 35 years and older appeared cost-effective and could decrease anal cancer incidence and mortality, according to research published in Annals of Internal Medicine. “We...
  • This virus infects millions—and we just discovered its secret weapon
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from Infectious Diseases News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the U.S.—uses to infiltrate blood vessel cells while evading immune detection. The virus forms a hidden protein...
  • Should Australia worry about RFK Jr’s shock flu vaccine move?
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
    A US panel’s decision not to recommend the preservative thiomersal won’t affect vaccine availability in Australia, say experts. But it will stoke dangerous anti-vax sentiment Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast...
  • US pediatricians criticize RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel: ‘Truly an embarrassment’
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Infectious diseases | The Guardian
    Pediatric health experts slam ACIP’s plans to reassess current vaccination schedules for children Robert F Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel is facing criticism from pediatricians after its announcement of plans to...
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