Infectious Diseases
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FDA Warns About Unapproved OTC Chelation Products
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CDC: Adult Tdap Vaccination Rates Need to Be Improved
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Preoperative Nasal MRSA Carriage Increases Postop Infection Risk
Major Finding: Preoperative nasal carriage of MRSA is associated with an increased risk of positive MRSA cultures and infection postoperatively....
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Immunizations Decline, Beta-Blocker Use Up in Latest Quality Report
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CDC: More Youth Age 2 and Older Getting Flu Shots
Major Finding: Children aged 5-12 years showed the largest increase in vaccination coverage – 19.0% to 27.1% over the last two flu seasons – while...
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H1N1 Stole Focus from Other Threats: ECDC
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Comparable Cost-Effectiveness for Live Attenuated vs. Inactivated Influenza Vaccine
Major Finding: In a simulation model that projected influenza-related outcomes for a hypothetical cohort of children, cost-effectiveness ratios...
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Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy Cuts Infants' Risk of Infection by 41%
Major Finding: Infants born to women who received seasonal influenza vaccination during pregnancy were 41% less likely to develop laboratory-...
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Budesonide May Replace Prednisone for Autoimmune Hepatitis
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Combination Therapy Gives Survival Edge in KPC Bacteremia
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Low-Level Mupirocin, Chlorhexidine Resistance Thwart MRSA Control in Hospitals
Major Finding: Persistent MRSA infection after decolonization therapy was 3.4-fold more common among patients with low-level mupirocin resistance...