Infectious Diseases
News from the FDA/CDC
Travelers to three U.S. airports to be screened for novel coronavirus
People traveling from Wuhan, China, to New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), and Los Angeles (LAX) airports will be screened for symptoms...
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu activity declines for second straight week
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Children with resistant UTIs unexpectedly may respond to discordant antibiotics
A low rate of care escalation and high rate of clinical improvement suggest this may be a reasonable approach until urine culture sensitivities...
News from the FDA/CDC
Drop in flu activity may not signal seasonal peak
From the Journals
ID consult for Candida bloodstream infections can reduce mortality risk
News from the FDA/CDC
Mystery pneumonia in China has health officials on alert
There are no reports of person-to-person transmission or health care worker infection of this pneumonia.
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu records most active December since 2003
The CDC estimates that 6.4 million flu illnesses and 55,000 hospitalizations have occurred so far this season.
News from the FDA/CDC
Early increase in flu activity shows no signs of slowing
Outpatients visits are already higher than at any time last season, and the peak occurs most often in February.
News from the FDA/CDC
The measles comeback of 2019
Three-quarters of these cases in 2019 were linked to recent outbreaks in New York.
Feature
Many Americans planning to avoid flu vaccination
Less than half of adults had received the influenza vaccine by early November.
News from the FDA/CDC
Influenza already in midseason form