January 17, 2025

CDC Urges 24-Hour Bird Flu Tests

The CDC emphasizes timely testing for avian influenza A in hospitalized patients to prevent delays and enhance rapid public health responses. Low person-to-person transmission risk has been reported with ongoing U.S. cases among farmworkers.

Reuters

January 16, 2025

Vertigo, Emesis, Auditory Impairment: What's Your Diagnosis?

A patient presents with sudden-onset right-sided otalgia accompanied by vertigo, emesis, and auditory impairment. Your otoscope reveals an unexpected finding. What's your diagnosis?

Conexiant

January 16, 2025

Nationwide Increase in Childhood Vaccine Exemptions

“The religious exemption is huge. That has allowed for an easy way for these kids to enter schools without vaccines.”

KFF Health News

January 15, 2025

Bertagnolli to Exit NIH Director Role

NIH director, Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, is stepping down after launching major initiatives in women's health and long COVID research, indicating optimism for their continuation under new leadership.

Conexiant

January 15, 2025

Experimental Antiviral May Shorten Flu Symptoms

Single-dose suraxavir marboxil shortened influenza symptoms, cutting recovery time by 21 hours compared to placebo.

Conexiant

January 15, 2025

FDA Proposes Nicotine Limits for Tobacco

The US Food and Drug Administration has introduced a proposal to cap nicotine levels in cigarettes, with the goal of curbing addiction, reducing smoking rates, and averting millions of tobacco-related deaths by 2100.

Conexiant

January 13, 2025

7-Day Antibiotic Course Matches 14 Days for Bloodstream Infections

7-day antibiotics noninferior to 14 days for bloodstream infections, reducing exposure and antibiotic-related risks.

Conexiant

January 13, 2025

Boosting Primary Care: Medical School Strategies

"It’s not the medical schools that are the problem; it’s the job. The job is too toxic.”

KFF Health News

January 08, 2025

IVH Severity Tied to Neurodevelopment

Explore how intraventricular hemorrhage severity impacts survival and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants.

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