Infectious Diseases
Conference Coverage
Hormones and Viruses Influence Each Other: Consider These Connections in Your Patients
Infections with coronaviruses or other infectious agents like influenza can significantly worsen metabolic status, diabetes, and other endocrine...
News
COVID Virus Can Remain in the Body Over a Year
The antigens were found more often in people who were hospitalized with COVID or who reported being very sick but were not hospitalized.
News
Flu Vaccines to Change After COVID Kills Off One Strain of Virus
Social distancing likely ended a flu strain, and trivalent vaccines are now recommended for next season.
Commentary
COVID-19 Is a Very Weird Virus
COVID may cause immune system dysfunction that puts patients at risk for autoimmunity.
News
Increased Risk of New Rheumatic Disease Follows COVID-19 Infection
While previous studies had identified a link between COVID-19 infection and greater risk of autoimmune disease, a new study is perhaps the largest...
News
Study IDs Immune Abnormality Possibly Causing Long COVID
Research found that the part of the body’s immune response called the “complement system” is not working properly in patients with long COVID.
News
What Skin Manifestations Are Associated With Pediatric IBD?
The most common noninfectious dermatologic condition among the 425 children and adolescents was acne, followed by eczema.
News
Pretreatment Lab Testing for Chronic Skin Diseases Diverges From Guidelines
In the study, a CBC was the most common pretreatment test across treatments, performed in 41%-69% of patients before starting treatment with a...
News
Mixing Paxlovid With Specific Immunosuppressants Risks Serious Adverse Reactions
The EMA has warned that Paxlovid should only be administered alongside tacrolimus, ciclosporin, everolimus, or sirolimus if their blood levels can...
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Bivalent COVID Vaccine Protected Children, Adolescents
Children who received an mRNA bivalent vaccine were less likely to be infected than were unvaccinated peers or those who received only monovalent...