Infectious Diseases
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Corticosteroids found to curb progression in community-acquired pneumonia
Patients with CAP were less likely to progress to mechanical ventilation after corticosteroid therapy.
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Can we eliminate measles and rubella worldwide?
“It’s essential to be hitting kids who haven’t already had a routine vaccine.”
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Limiting antibiotic overprescription in pandemics: New guidelines
The COVID-19 pandemic brought an alarming increase in antimicrobial resistance in hospitals, with infections and deaths caused by resistant...
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases drop to lowest level since April
The pace of vaccinations remains slow for children under age 5 years.
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Improving Inpatient COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among Adult Patients at a Tertiary Academic Medical Center
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Children and COVID: New cases took a downturn in September
Other signs of viral activity also dropped as the new school year passed Labor Day.
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Unvaccinated 10 times more likely to be hospitalized for Omicron
Vaccinated, hospitalized patients were more often older and already dealing with other health conditions, a new study finds.
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Asymptomatic infections drive many epidemics, including monkeypox, polio, and COVID
“I think 80% of [COVID] transmissions are done by 20% of infected people because those are the ones who are shedding the most virus.”
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U.S. life expectancy drops to lowest in decades
“Even small declines in life expectancy of a tenth or two-tenths of a year mean that on a population level, a lot more people are dying...
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FDA authorizes updated COVID boosters to target newest variants
The agency cited data to support the safety and efficacy of this next generation of mRNA vaccines targeted toward variants of concern.