Infectious Diseases
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Decline of summer surge continues
Cumulative case count nears another milestone; new vaccinations drop again.
Conference Coverage
COVID-19: Two more cases of mucosal skin ulcers reported in male teens
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Conference Coverage
Oteseconazole promising for recurrent yeast infections
Oteseconazole was superior to fluconazole/placebo in the proportion of subjects with at least one culture-verified acute vulvovaginal candidiasis...
Latest News
Flu shot highly recommended this year
Waning natural immunity in the public because of 2020-2021’s missing flu season could make people, especially young children, more likely to get...
Feature
Worried parents scramble to vaccinate kids despite FDA guidance
More than half of all parents with children under 12 say they plan to get their kids vaccinated, according to a Gallup poll.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: New cases topped 200,000 after 3 weeks of declines
13 million children have received the vaccine, but the pace of new vaccinations continues to slow.
From the Journals
Polyethylene glycol linked to rare allergic reactions seen with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
Conference Coverage
Updates to CDC’s STI guidelines relevant to midlife women too
An uptick in STIs, especially syphilis, in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women means the new STI recommendations from the CDC are relevant for...
Latest News
New virus causing ‘Alaskapox’ detected in two more cases
Sampling of the pox mark showed that it was caused by a previously unidentified virus of the same family as smallpox and cowpox.
Commentary
Authors’ response
My co-authors and I appreciate the excellent comments regarding our Photo Rounds column, “Foot rash and joint pain,” and would like to provide...
Commentary
How best to treat “long-haulers” with reactive arthritis?
In the June Photo Rounds column, “Foot rash and joint pain” (J Fam Pract. 2021;70:249-251), Badon et al presented a case of chlamydia-...