Infectious Diseases
Practice Alert
Hepatitis A is on the rise: What FPs can do
As the incidence of hepatitis A increases, a recent community-wide outbreak in Virginia offers important reminders about what family physicians...
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Diagnosis by dog: Canines detect COVID in schoolchildren with no symptoms
In medical terms, the dogs achieved a greater than 95% accuracy on two important measures of effectiveness: sensitivity – a test’s ability to...
Feature
Long COVID mobile monitoring study hunts for answers
Researchers plan to use mobile monitoring devices in the federally-funded RECOVER Initiative to provide doctors and patients with a wealth of...
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Dried blood spot test validated for HIV, hep B, and hep C
“This method is particularly useful in high-risk settings such as homeless shelters, drug rehabilitation centers, and prisons, where ... it can be...
Opinion
Are delayed antibiotic prescriptions futile?
Studies of delayed antibiotic prescriptions show that patients generally honor the advice to only fill the prescription if they are not improving...
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC backs FDA’s call for second COVID booster for those at high risk
The agency is following the recommendations made by its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Opinion
Rabies: How to respond to parents’ questions
Rabies is one of the most fatal diseases but can be prevented by avoiding contact with wild animals, maintenance of high immunization rates in...
News
Perinatal HIV nearly eradicated in U.S.
Just 32 children in the country were diagnosed in 2019, compared with twice as many in 2010.
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New variant jumps to second place on COVID list
Arcturus is more transmissible but not more dangerous than recent chart-topping strains, experts say.
News
U.S. syphilis cases reach 70-year high
In just a 1-year period, from 2020 to 2021, cases increased by 32%.
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Cancer, heart disease vaccines may be ready by 2030, Moderna says
The announcement is yet another sign of what many are calling “the golden age” of vaccine development.