Start HIV Antiretroviral Therapy ASAP, Experts Urge Higher risk of death, serious health issues with delayed therapy, data from START trial suggest Oct 25, 2022
Anti-Inflammatory Agents May Have Role in COVID-19 Pneumonia Infliximab and abatacept showed trends for improved outcomes in ACTIV-1 IM trial Oct 25, 2022
A Once-Rejected Antibiotic Equals Standard for Complicated Staph Infections Will non-inferiority data offer a second chance for ceftobiprole at FDA? Oct 24, 2022
Fluticasone Delivery System Reduced Exacerbations of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Results from two randomized trials show the device also reduced need for antibiotics Oct 24, 2022
Sabizabulin Benefit in Hospitalized COVID Seen Early in Disease Course Fewer deaths with microtubule disruptor for patients only needing oxygen via mask or nasal prongs Oct 24, 2022
Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin Nets Promising Results in Tough-to-Treat CRAB PROVE offers real-world data in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Oct 23, 2022
Extra Hep B Vaccine Dose Exceeds Expectations for People With HIV Seroprotection seen in 100% of participants after three doses of Heplisav-B vaccine Oct 23, 2022
Ivermectin: Still on a Losing Streak as COVID-19 Treatment ACTIV-6 trial shows no time-to-recovery benefit with anti-parasitic in mild-to-moderate disease Oct 22, 2022
Cutting Unneeded Urine Cultures a Good First Step to Less Antibiotic Use Hospital consortium reports good results with diagnostic stewardship Oct 21, 2022
Oral Microbiome Therapy for Recurrent C. Diff Mostly Holds Up at 6 Months Half as many patients receiving SER-109 experienced recurrences versus placebo group Oct 21, 2022
Engaging in Healthcare May Close Longevity Gap Between Black and White Men With HIV Starting with HIV testing, men who have sex with men could see gains in life expectancy Oct 21, 2022
U.S. Chickenpox Vaccine Program Led to Near Elimination of the Virus Cases decreased by 99% in people under 20 after implementation of the two-dose vaccine Oct 20, 2022
COVID Prevention Tx Safe, Shows Efficacy in High-Risk Groups But numbers small, and treatment still needs to find its "niche" Oct 03, 2021
Vaccine Could Be Shot in the Arm Against RSV in Older Adults CYPRESS proof-of-concept study shows high efficacy against acute illness Oct 03, 2021
Hospitalizations, Intubations Surged in Kids in Arkansas During Delta Public health data suggests variant may lead to more severe outcomes in children Oct 03, 2021
That's Not Just Gum on the Soles of Your Shoes... Study ties C. Diff to bottom of footwear, inside and outside healthcare settings Oct 03, 2021
Black Women With HIV Face Higher Early Death Risk HIV no longer a death sentence, but "we cannot ignore persistent disparities," researcher says Oct 02, 2021
Remdesivir Appears Effective in COVID Outpatients, Too But enrollment halted early, and few patients were actually hospitalized Oct 01, 2021
It's Possible to Reduce Unneeded Antibiotic Scripts in Primary Care AHRQ program scores a win for antibiotic stewardship Oct 01, 2021
Kids' Colds Didn't Take a Break During the Pandemic While flu mostly disappeared, little change seen for rhinovirus, enterovirus cases Oct 01, 2021
Combat Misinformation With 'Psychological Herd Immunity' Better to "pre-bunk" misinformation sooner rather than later, experts say Sep 30, 2021
Watch for Weight Gain When Switching Tenofovir HIV Regimens Could TDF act as weight suppressant? Oct 28, 2020
Homeless Camps Less Risky Than Shelters for COVID-19 Common-sense hunch gets backing in study Oct 27, 2020
Infectious Disease Docs Get Same Pay for More Work During Pandemic Some survey respondents report negative financial impact Oct 26, 2020
Acute HIV Cases Turn Up in COVID Screening Similar symptoms result in surge in finding new infections at one institution Oct 26, 2020
Fluad on Par With High-Dose Flu Vax in High-Risk Seniors Real-world data also shows higher effectiveness with adjuvanted trivalent flu vaccine vs standard Oct 25, 2020
When COVID-19 Hit, Antibiotic Use in VA Hospitals Spiked Up Pandemic wiped out years of progress in antibiotic stewardship Oct 24, 2020
Rare HIV PrEP Failure Reported in San Francisco Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis remains highly effective, experts say Oct 11, 2018
No Infection Dx for Abx; Combo Tx for MRSA Scores; CMV Vax Promising Presentations, late-breaking clinical trials cover a variety of topics Oct 10, 2018
'We Have a Good, But Not Great, Flu Vaccine' William Schaffner, MD discusses the technologies that can make it better Oct 09, 2018
More Evidence That Baloxavir Reduces Flu Symptom Duration Investigational antiviral matches or exceeds efficacy of oseltamivir Oct 08, 2018
Study: Cell-Based Flu Vax Not Superior to Egg-Based Vax No significant difference in effectiveness against influenza A in 2017-2018 season Oct 08, 2018
Do UTI Cases Heat Up on Hotter Days? Study finds support for the hydration hypothesis surrounding the infection Oct 06, 2018
Medical 'Dog Wash' Cuts Risk of MRSA Spread From Therapy Dogs Pilot study of intervention in pediatric oncology ward shows promising results Oct 05, 2018
Doravirine Works Well as First-Line or Switch Option for HIV Three-drug combination caused fewer neuropsychiatric side effects and had better lipid profile Oct 05, 2018
Space Oddities: Changing Microbiomes in the Final Frontier A virologist-turned-astronaut's most interesting research may be outside the lab Oct 04, 2018
U.S. Olympians Came Home with Medals – and Arboviruses Cases of dengue, chikungunya, and West Nile, but not Zika Oct 08, 2017
Investigational Flu Drug a Near Match for Oseltamivir Clinical outcomes 'identical' but virology different Oct 08, 2017
Study Questions Durability of MMR Vaccine Findings point to the need for booster doses in adults Oct 08, 2017
