Infectious Diseases
Conference Coverage
Aging with HIV adds to comorbidity burden
From the Journals
Biometric changes on fitness trackers, smartwatches detect COVID-19
Adding passively monitored physiologic data from wearable devices to self-reported symptom data enhances an app’s ability to discriminate between...
Conference Coverage
Black patients less likely to receive H. pylori eradication testing
This disparity may exacerbate the already increased burden of H. pylori infection and gastric cancer among Black individuals.
News
COVID-19: U.S. sets new weekly high in children
“Heightened wave of infections” brings nearly 200,000 more child cases in October.
News
Hospitalists are natural leaders in the COVID-19 battle
Hospitalists have played leading roles in their health systems’ response to the pandemic.
Feature
COVID frontline physicians afraid to seek mental health care
“The pandemic emphatically underscores our need to change the status quo when it comes to physicians’ mental health,” said Dr. Mark Rosenberg.
Conference Coverage
Fulminant C. diff debate: Fecal transplants or antibiotics?
This type of infection represents about 8% of all C. difficile infections and is often fatal.
Conference Coverage
Potentially practice-changing bacterial therapy trials analyzed
From the Journals
Vertebral fractures in COVID-19 linked to mortality
Radiologic thoracic vertebral fractures were found in one-third of COVID-19 patients who underwent lateral chest x-rays, and those patients were...
Conference Coverage
Few women hospitalized for influenza have been vaccinated
“A provider recommendation, combined with an offer to administer a flu vaccine at the time of visit, remains one of the best ways” to increase flu...
Conference Coverage
Acute HIV cases double in ED. Is COVID-19 responsible?
“The reason testing is so important, whether for HIV or COVID, is the more you test, the more you’re going to find.”