Infectious Diseases
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Behavioral interventions cut inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Two behavioral interventions cut the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections.
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CDC’s emergency operations center moves to Level 1 for Zika
Officials at the CDC are ramping up their response to the Zika virus – moving their Emergency Operations Center to Level 1 activation.
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CDC expands Zika virus travel warnings again
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have added four more destinations to their Zika virus travel alert – American Samoa,...
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Ebola research update: January 2016
The struggle to defeat Ebola virus disease continues globally, although it may not always make the headlines. To catch up on what you may have...
Practice Economics
First EDition: News for and about the practice of emergency medicine
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Zika virus lessons from Colombia
Two recent research letters from Colombia offer U.S. clinicians insight into the challenges of battling Zika virus on the front lines of the...
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Zika virus: What clinicians must know
The recent spike in Zika virus cases in Central and South America brings with it the alarming risk – and even the expectation – of outbreaks...
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Limit antibiotics to 4 days for percutaneous abdominal infection drainage
The jury is still out on antibiotics duration for ICU patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections.
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Gene signatures aid diagnosis of acute respiratory infection etiology
Pathogen-specific host gene expression patterns accurately discriminated most noninfectious from infectious illnesses, and bacterial from viral...
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CDC: Ask pregnant women about Zika virus exposure
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released interim guidelines for the care of pregnant women during a Zika virus outbreak.
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Study: Enterovirus 71 had severe neurologic consequences
Pediatric enterovirus 71 “may be considered the new polio,” said researchers in a new study of 61 hospitalized children, which found EV71 to be...