Infectious Diseases
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Expert: Eliminating HCV ‘sounds ambitious, but I think it’s possible’
An estimated one in three inmates in the United States has chronic HCV.
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U.S. reports first death from COVID-19, possible outbreak at long-term care facility
Health officials in Washington state said they are investigating a long-term care facility with two presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 and...
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CDC revises COVID-19 test kits, broadens ‘person under investigation’ definition
The geographic areas of concern were also expanded to reflect the week’s explosion of cases in Western Europe, Iran, and Asia.
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Children bearing the brunt of declining flu activity
CDC invokes the 2009 pandemic when referring to the latest data on pediatric deaths and hospitalizations.
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ACIP: Flu vaccines for older adults show similar safety profiles
Comparison of two approved flu vaccines for adults 65 and older yielded similar safety and quality of life results.
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ACIP advocates pre-exposure Ebola vaccination for high-risk groups
Vaccination is recommended for U.S. adults at risk for Ebola exposure in emergency and laboratory settings.
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COVID-19: Time to ‘take the risk of scaring people’
It’s past time to call the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a pandemic and “time to push people to prepare, and guide their prep,” risk communication...
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CDC expects eventual community spread of coronavirus in U.S.
The coronavirus is now showing signs of community spread without a known source of exposure in a number of countries.
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HBV: Rethink the free pass for immune tolerant patients
MAUI, HAWAII – Not treating means more liver cancer.
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Opioid use disorder up in sepsis hospitalizations
ORLANDO – “While we don’t necessarily screen every sepsis patient for endocarditis, if it’s an opioid use disorder patient – particularly one with...
News from the FDA/CDC
Drop in flu activity suggests season may have peaked