Infectious Disease
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Can Antibiotics Lead to Colon Cancer?
Swedish researchers saw an association between frequent antibiotic use and proximal colorectal cancer.
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CDC Pledges Massive Investment in Infection Control and Prevention
Outlay to boost current battles against COVID-19 pandemic and prepare the healthcare industry to protect against future threats.
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Report: U.S. Hospitals Could Sustain $54 Billion Net Income Loss for 2021
Higher expenses, fewer outpatient visits, and sicker patients have put many healthcare facilities in the red.
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Real-Time Twitter Data Reveal Stress Patterns During Early Days of COVID-19 Pandemic
Investigators aggregated healthcare worker complaints to better understand triggers of PTSD and secondary traumatic stress.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Pyrethroids losing activity against mosquitoes; Resistance erodes standard treatment for pneumonia; and homelessness and COVID-19.
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SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Testing in a Nursing Home Outbreak
Rapid antigen testing was accurate in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antigen when compared to polymerase chain reaction.
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Well-Appearing Febrile Infants: New Guidelines for Evaluation and Management
New guidelines provide specific recommendations for the use of diagnostic testing, antimicrobial treatment, and ongoing care based on age for children between 8 and 60 days of age.
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Adjuvanted Zoster Vaccine: Persistent Protection
The adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine efficacy is high and persistent, with apparent plateauing at > 84% four to six years after vaccination.
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Environmental Shedding of MRSA Is Far Greater than from Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli
An observational cohort study revealed shedding of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by colonized patients outside hospital rooms or during outpatient clinic visits occurred more often than in those colonized by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli.
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Emerging Options for Malaria Prevention
New data suggest that combining vaccination with chemoprophylaxis is better than either intervention alone, and a small pilot study suggests that a monoclonal antibody infusion is effective in preventing malaria infections.