Infectious Diseases
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Skin Infections in Pregnant Women: Many Drugs Safe, but Not All
When treating bacterial infections in pregnant women, there are many options, “especially for the sort of short-term antibiotic use that we tend...
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COVID Virus Can Remain in the Body Over a Year
The antigens were found more often in people who were hospitalized with COVID or who reported being very sick but were not hospitalized.
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AGA Supports Fecal Microbiota Therapies for CDI but Not IBD or IBS
The AGA urges careful pretreatment consideration for patients who require frequent antibiotics or long-term antibiotic prophylaxis.
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Flu Vaccines to Change After COVID Kills Off One Strain of Virus
Social distancing likely ended a flu strain, and trivalent vaccines are now recommended for next season.
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COVID-19 Is a Very Weird Virus
COVID may cause immune system dysfunction that puts patients at risk for autoimmunity.
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What’s Next for the World’s First HIV Vaccine?
Significant advances in protein nanoparticle science, mRNA technology, adjuvant development, and B-cell and antibody analyses may make new wave of...
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Doxy-PEP Cut STIs in San Francisco in Half
Prophylatic treatment used after sex reduced syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia infections by almost two-thirds, according to new data.
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Midwife’s Fake Vaccinations Deserve Harsh Punishment: Ethicist
In a recent vaccine hesitancy instance, NY midwife gave 1500 kids homeopathic “medicine” rather than standard vaccines.
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Increased Risk of New Rheumatic Disease Follows COVID-19 Infection
While previous studies had identified a link between COVID-19 infection and greater risk of autoimmune disease, a new study is perhaps the largest...
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Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease Has Severe Effects
"A myth I would like to dispel is that Chagas disease is not being transmitted in the United States."
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Oral Herpes Tied to Double Dementia Risk in Older Adults
Past infection with HSV in older adults was linked to higher risk for developing dementia, study finds.