Infectious Diseases
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Chlamydia trachomatis is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes
Women who test positive for the bacterium may have an increased risk for PID, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility, a retrospective cohort study...
Article
Medical Cannabis: A guide to the clinical and legal landscapes
If your patient expresses interest in medical marijuana, you’ll find evidence on maximizing benefit while minimizing risk. But be cautious: Data...
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Decision making regarding vaccines varies among accepters, deniers, partial accepters
Vaccine accepters considered the decision to vaccinate as self-evident, while deniers considered anecdotal evidence; partial accepters took much...
FDA/CDC
Some HCV medications associated with serious liver injury
In many cases, the medications should never have been prescribed, according to the FDA.
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USPSTF issues draft recommendation statement for HCV screening in adults
The proposal represents an update and expansion of USPSTF’s current recommendation.
FDA/CDC
Fifty-one percent of U.S. adolescents fully vaccinated against HPV
The increase this year was attributable only to an increase in HPV vaccination among male teens.
Conference Coverage
EULAR updates vaccination recommendations for autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease patients
EULAR’s updated guidance on vaccinations for patients with AIIRD starts with an annual status assessment.
Conference Coverage
FUO, pneumonia often distinguishes influenza from RSV in hospitalized young children
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – “These findings open new possibilities for antimicrobial stewardship in these groups of...
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Impact of climate change on mortality underlined by global study
One remarkable aspect of this study is its size, wrote John R. Balmes, MD, the author of an editorial on the paper.
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HCV coinfection adds to cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected patients