Infectious Diseases
Conference Coverage
Antibiotics ‘like gold’ for some, driving inappropriate use
Many felt they “knew their body, knew what they had, and knew how to treat themselves” without a health care provider.
Conference Coverage
New RSV vaccine will cut hospitalizations, study shows
With widespread use of the vaccine, annual hospitalizations resulting from infant RSV would fall by 51%, emergency department encounters would...
Conference Coverage
Wastewater can signal upswing in flu, RSV
The new study shows that wastewater-based surveillance is a “robust and adaptable” tool for community-level surveillance of seasonal respiratory...
From the Journals
Young women rate top sources for STI self-testing
Additional data from in-depth interviews tagged Instagram as an option to provide information on direct-to-consumer STI tests.
From the Journals
Paxlovid tied to benefits in high-risk patients with COVID
No significant benefit was observed in patients who were not immunocompromised.
From the Journals
More evidence shows COVID-19’s link to risk for autoimmune disease
Patients with more severe COVID-19 that required hospitalization in the ICU were more likely to develop vasculitis, alopecia totalis, and several...
Conference Coverage
Respiratory infections, asthma rise before type 2 diabetes
Taken together, the data suggest that subacute inflammation manifesting in asthma as well as the onset of asthma or an acute infection may be a...
Practice Alert
Updated guidance from USPSTF on PrEP for HIV prevention
A recommendation update from the USPSTF takes into account 2 newer drug regimens and offers guidance on who might benefit from preexposure...
News
Preparing for the viral trifecta: RSV, influenza, and COVID-19
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No need to restrict hep C DAA therapy based on alcohol use
Alcohol use is not associated with decreased odds of a sustained virologic response to direct-acting antiviral therapy.
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As U.S. syphilis cases rise, those at the epicenter scramble
There is often a “nonchalant” attitude toward STDs among some people in their 20s and 30s.