Infectious Diseases
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Flu and COVID-19 vaccines can be given on the same day: CDC and AAP
“Extensive experience with non–COVID-19 vaccines has demonstrated that immunogenicity and adverse-event profiles are generally similar.”
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Medical boards: Docs who spread COVID misinformation put license at risk
“Spreading misinformation or falsehoods to the public during a time of a public health emergency goes against everything our Boards and our...
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Choosing Wisely campaign targets waste and overuse in hospital pediatrics
Multiple medical societies collaborated to develop guidelines for high-value care with less unnecessary testing and hospitalization.
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United States reaches 5 million cases of child COVID
New cases and hospitalizations reach new highs while vaccinations continue to drop in 12- to 15-year-olds.
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Anakinra improved survival in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Phase 3 randomized trial showed improved survival and shorter hospital stay in COVID-19 patients who were given anakinra, compared with those...
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Large study affirms what we already know: Masks work to prevent COVID-19
"I think people who have been holding out on wearing masks because [they] felt like there wasn't enough evidence for it, we're hoping this will...
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Politics or protection? What’s behind the push for boosters?
Two high-level FDA officials have abruptly resigned amid reports that they were angry that the Biden administration was making decisions that...
Conference Coverage
Expert shares vulvovaginal candidiasis treatment pearls
“In medical school, we learned that yeast infection in a woman presents as white, curd-like discharge, but that’s actually a minority of patients...
From the Journals
COVID-19 linked to baby bust in high-income countries
Researchers found a significant COVID-19-related decline in crude birth rates in 7 of 22 high-income countries.
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‘Deeper dive’ into opioid overdose deaths during COVID pandemic
Results also showed that, compared to 2019, significantly more men died from overdoses in 2020 in Colorado and Indiana.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Weekly cases top 200,000, vaccinations down
Daily hospitalization rates are higher than ever before.