Infectious Diseases
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The Appendix: Is It ’Useless,’ or a Safe House and Immune Training Ground?
It turns out the appendix, as easy to dismiss as it is to remove, may have a vital purpose after all, including protecting us from...
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New Era? ‘Double Selective’ Antibiotic Spares the Microbiome
The drug, lolamicin, goes after Gram-negative pathogens.
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Moderna’s RSV Vaccine Approved by FDA
Moderna’s mRESVIA is the third vaccine for RSV to receive FDA approval.
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5 Vaccinations Adults Need Beyond COVID and Flu
“It’s now more important than ever to keep telling patients that vaccination is one of the most effective tools for preventing individual illness...
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‘Don’t Screen’ for Vitamin D: New Endo Society Guideline
Recommendations call for limiting vitamin D in certain groups, and against routine screening in healthy patients.
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Analysis Finds Minority of Chronic Wounds Treated by Dermatologists
The study also looked at costs, and what antimicrobials were used to treat wounds between 2011 and 2019.
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Gene Tests Could Predict if a Drug Will Work for a Patient
Pharmacogenetics could help physicians determine which patients would and would not benefit from medications.
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Could a Fungal Infection Cause a Future Pandemic?
Fungal infections are generally not passed between individuals and immunocompetence makes most infections unlikely, but multidrug resistance could...
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RSV Infection Raises Risk for Acute Cardiovascular Events
For patients with a preexisting cardiovascular condition, an acute cardiovascular event occurs in every third patient with RSV infection.
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Do You Really Know a UTI When You See It?
"Recent data suggest that UTI may present as a bidirectional continuum from asymptomatic bladder colonization to a symptomatic bladder infection...
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AAP Shifts Stance, Updates Guidance on Breastfeeding With HIV
Bringing the organization’s guidance into alignment with the new CDC recommendations issued in 2023, the AAP now advises nonjudgmental counseling...