Infectious Diseases
From the Journals
Toothbrushing in Hospital Reduces Infections and Death
Brushing teeth while in hospital reduced HAP incidence and ICU mortality.
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More Evidence Suggests That ‘Long Flu’ Is a Thing
‘Long flu,’ or symptoms lasting 4 weeks or more after hospitalization, can have long-term impact.
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Long COVID Has Caused Thousands of US Deaths: New CDC Data
The risk for long COVID fatalities remains elevated for at least 6 months for people with milder acute infections and for at least 2 years in...
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COVID Strain JN.1 Is Now a ‘Variant of Interest,’ WHO Says
The variant accounted for an estimated 21% of cases for the 2-week period ending December 9, up from 8% during the 2 weeks prior.
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Systemic Bias in AI Models May Undermine Diagnostic Accuracy
Clinicians’ accuracy decreased by 11.3% after viewing systematically biased AI model predictions compared with baseline.
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Federal program offers free COVID, flu at-home tests, treatments
“With its expansion, the Home Test to Treat program will now offer free testing, telehealth, and treatment for both COVID-19 and for influenza (...
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Some reasons to get off the fence about COVID booster
“The body of evidence from all these different studies converge on one single reality — that vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID.”
From the Journals
All-oral regimen succeeds for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis
Safety and effectiveness of a bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid combination supports its use as a first-line treatment for adolescents and...
News from the FDA/CDC
New CDC advisory once again flags BA.2.86 COVID variant
The variant accounted for nearly 9% of cases during the 2-week period ending Nov. 25, up from 3% during the previous 2 weeks.
Opinion
Is air filtration the best public health intervention against respiratory viruses?
The idea is that those ions stick to the virus particles ... and that tends to cause them to clump together and settle on surfaces more rapidly,...