Infectious Diseases
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Vaccination a harder sell in the summer
New cases down again after a 1-week increase; hospitalizations and ED visits continue to climb.
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High residual liver cancer risk in HCV-cured cirrhosis
The predicted probability of HCC in cirrhosis patients was 410 times greater than the general population.
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Liver disease and death rates fall after hepatitis C treatment barriers are dismantled
Uptake is uneven, and more needs to be done to facilitate treatment.
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Zoster vaccination does not appear to increase flare risk in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease
For the study, investigators used medical claims from IBM MarketScan in patients aged 50-64 years, and data from the Centers for Medicare and...
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC recommends high-dose flu vaccines for seniors
These types of vaccines work by creating a larger immune response than a standard vaccine dose.
Article
Itchy Vesicular Rash
A 38-year-old woman presented with a rash of 5 days’ duration that initially appeared on the wrists after playing with her kitten, with subsequent...
Article
Erythematous Pedunculated Plaque on the Dorsal Aspect of the Foot
A 13-year-old adolescent girl presented for evaluation of a lesion on the dorsal aspect of the right foot of 1 week’s duration. She previously had...
Article
Widespread rash in toddler
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White House expands access to monkeypox vaccines
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Vaccination off to slow start for the newly eligible
New cases continue to fall, but they are still “far higher than 1 year ago.”