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Speed, scale of antiviral prevention may cut hospitalizations during flu outbreaks in nursing homes
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (370+ words) US National Guard, Andrew J. Moseley / Flickr cc Prompt administration of preventive antiviral treatment to a large share of nursing home residents during flu outbreaks was associated with significantly fewer hospitalizations, according to a new'study in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the…...
Amid rising vaccine hesitancy, more parents reject vitamin K shots
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (1002+ words) The baby began life as a healthy newborn. But just a few weeks after birth, the child became irritable and appeared to be bleeding under the skin, a condition that can cause bruises or small red spots." When doctors performed…...
Antidepressant relieves fatigue in people with long COVID, study finds
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1063+ words) Edwin Tan / iStock An antidepressant called fluvoxamine reduces fatigue in people with long COVID, at least in the short term, according to a new study that tested the drug against a placebo. In a randomized clinical trial of 399 people, all…...
Rapid antibiotic susceptibility test for UTIs shows promise
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (592+ words) Christian Moro / iStock A new test developed by scientists in the United Kingdom could provide urinary tract infection (UTI) patients with quicker antibiotic treatment, according to a study today in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. The standard process for testing antibiotic susceptibility from…...
Nearly half of US family physicians report burnout
1+ day, 49+ min ago (448+ words) Drazen Zigic / iStock For the cross-sectional analysis, researchers led by a team from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City examined survey responses from 19,929 family physicians collected from 2016 to 2020 American Board of Family Medicine surveys and used Medicare data…...
More people requesting ‘unvaccinated’ blood for themselves or their children
1+ day, 29+ min ago (591+ words) A growing number of patients who need transfusions are asking for blood from unvaccinated donors, a difficult request to honor, given that blood centers don't ask donors if they've been vaccinated and don't label blood according to vaccinated status. These…...
Tpoxx should no longer be used to treat mpox, European drug regulators say
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (844+ words) The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is recommending that the antiviral drug tecovirimat (Tpoxx) no longer be used for treating mpox. The recommendation, made by the EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, is based on four studies that have…...
Study suggests elevated shingles risk in younger adults with chronic conditions
2+ day, 52+ min ago (474+ words) Some younger adults with common chronic conditions may face a higher risk of herpes zoster (HZ, shingles) than older adults currently targeted for routine vaccination, according to a new retrospective cohort'study published late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases.' Shingles,…...
Meningitis kills more than 250,000 worldwide in a year, report says
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (528+ words) More than 2.5 million people worldwide were infected with meningitis in 2023, according to a comprehensive global assessment published late last week in'The Lancet Neurology.'More than 250,000 people died from the condition, an infection that causes inflammation of the meninges, the fluid…...
Use of newer antibiotics for challenging infections is rising, but no improvement seen in death rates
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (916+ words) A new study suggests that newer antibiotics designed for some of the most drug-resistant bacterial infections are being used more frequently but aren't making a dent in survival rates. The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, found that, among…...