Infectious Diseases
Conference Coverage
Monkeypox presentations, prevention strategies shifting
There’s been a demographic shift in infections from White, non-Hispanic men early on to non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men.
News
More data suggest preexisting statin use improves COVID outcomes
The researchers saw lower mortality and clinical severity among statin users.
Conference Coverage
C. diff recurrence drops with highly targeted ridinilazole
“We need new agents to treat C. difficile.”
News from the FDA/CDC
People of color more likely to be hospitalized for influenza, CDC report finds
“We must acknowledge that inequities in access to care continue to exist.”
Conference Coverage
FMT in IBS: ‘We’ve been targeting the wrong part of the intestine’
“It seems that bacteria in the small intestine play a more central role in IBS, as well as its associated fatigue, than bacteria in the large...
News
You and the skeptical patient: Who’s the doctor here?
“I spoke to him on many occasions about the dangers of COVID, but he just didn’t believe me.”
Opinion
The marked contrast in pandemic outcomes between Japan and the United States
Over time Japan has the least cumulative deaths per capita of any major country in the world.
News
For many, long COVID’s impacts go on and on, major study says
“This infection has become so common in a community because it’s so mild and spreading so rapidly that we’re seeing more long COVID symptoms than...
Opinion
Congenital syphilis: It’s still a significant public health problem
One result of syphilis during pregnancy is intrauterine infection and resultant congenital disease in the infant.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Downward trend reverses with small increase in new cases
September’s 4-week decline becomes October’s inflationary reaction.