Infectious Diseases
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Ten reasons airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 appears airtight
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CDC: STI rates rise for sixth year in a row
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Phage-targeting PCR test picks up early Lyme disease
Promising data show that detecting a viral gene in Lyme disease–causing bacteria can distinguish between early and late infection.
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How some COVID-19 vaccines could cause rare blood clots
Six cases of a rare but serious event in patients who got the J&J vaccine are being reviewed.
Case Reports
The Natural History of a Patient With COVID-19 Pneumonia and Silent Hypoxemia
A patient who declined all interventions and recovered highlights the importance of treating the individual instead of clinical markers and...
Commentary
The Plague Year Revisited
A year into this pandemic, we as a society are more than done with the pandemic and that may be the central cause of its unfortunate perpetuation...
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University taking aim at racial disparities in COVID vaccine trials
“I think it’s great having Howard and an HBCU host this trial, because these are people who look like them,” said Dr. Siham Mahgoub.
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New guidelines on antibiotic prescribing focus on shorter courses
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Children likely the ‘leading edge’ in spread of COVID-19 variants
The increases in the Midwest and Northeast seem to be driven by greater circulation of more contagious variants, just as children and teens have...
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COVID-19 in 2020: Deaths and disparities