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Intervention Prior To Visit With Family Practitioners Lowers Patients’ Expectations About Receiving Antibiotic, Results Indicate

Healio (7/2, Miller) reported, “An intervention that was administered just before patients visited their family practitioner significantly reduced their expectations about receiving antibiotics for an upper respiratory tract infection,” although “the inte...

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Aid Agencies Distribute HIV Generic Drug For Children In Six African Countries

Reuters (7/5) reports, “Aid agencies have distributed a strawberry-flavoured tablet for children living with HIV in six African countries, the first generic pediatric version of a key anti-retroviral, global health agency UNITAID said on Sunday.” Aid fund...

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Three Days Of Antibiotic Therapy Noninferior To Eight Days Of Therapy For Patients With Moderately Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Study Finds

Healio (7/2, Dreisbach) reported, “Three days of antibiotic therapy was noninferior to 8 days of therapy for patients with moderately severe community-acquired pneumonia, according to a study published in The Lancet.” For the study, “researchers conducted...

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Vonoprazan-Based Triple Therapy Most Effective For H Pylori Infection, Analysis Finds

Gastroenterology Advisor (7/2, Schad) reported, “Among first-line dual, triple, and quadruple therapies for Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection, vonoprazan-based triple therapy has been demonstrated to be the most effective worldwide, with standard t...

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Healthcare Industry Shed Estimated 12,200 Jobs Last Month, Statistics Find

Modern Healthcare (7/2, Bannow, Subscription Publication) reported, “Another month of job losses across hospitals and nursing homes pulled healthcare hiring into negative territory” last month, as “the industry shed an estimated 12,200 jobs” in June, “wit...

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FDA Announces Recall Of Blood Lead Tests Due To “Significant Risk Of Falsely Low Results”

Cardiovascular Business (7/2, Walter) reported that “the FDA has announced that Magellan Diagnostics is recalling 13 lots of its LeadCare blood lead tests due to a ‘significant risk of falsely low results.’” The article added that “this is a Class I recal...

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US Health Officials Not Yet Recommending Third Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine For People With Immune Conditions

The New York Times (7/4, Mandavilli) reported that in the last three months, “health care providers in France have” been routinely giving “a third dose of a two-dose vaccine to people with certain immune conditions,” but in the US, “there is no concerted...

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Analysis: Delta Variant Is Exploiting Undervaccinated Populations To Reinfect Countries

The AP (7/1, Neergaard) examines the rapidly growing reach of the COVID-19 delta variant, which “is exploiting low global vaccination rates and a rush to ease pandemic restrictions, adding new urgency to the drive to get more shots in arms and slow its su...

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Immunosuppressed Patients Show Impaired Responses To C. Difficile Treatment, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/1, Mermelstein) reports a prospective study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases found that immunosuppressed patients exhibited “impaired immune responses to treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection compared wi...

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Positive Fluid Balance At Discharge Not Associated With Hospital Readmission In Patients With Sepsis, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/1, van Paridon) reports, “For non-critically ill patients with sepsis, positive fluid balance at time of discharge was not found to be associated with hospital readmission, according to” retrospective study results published...

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TDF-Based HIV PrEP Use During Pregnancy May Not Raise Risk Of Adverse Outcomes Compared To Placebo, Review Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/1, Lee) reports an analysis of four trials evaluating the safety of “tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use during pregnancy” – the Partners PrEP Study, TDF2 Study, FEM-PrEP, and VOI...

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Delta COVID-19 Variant A Growing Threat To Unvaccinated Americans, CDC Director Says

Politico (7/1, Banco, Cancryn, Goldberg) reports CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky “issued her gravest warning yet Thursday about the highly contagious Delta variant, which has driven a sharp increase in new Covid-19 cases across the country,” with 25% o...

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Spread Of Delta Coronavirus Variant Sets Back Worldwide Efforts To Remove COVID-19 Restrictions

The Wall Street Journal (7/1, Hannon, Steinhauser, Hua, Subscription Publication) reports the fast spread of the Delta coronavirus variant across the world is posing a major setback to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and impacting plans in many countries to...

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In Europe, New COVID-19 Cases Rise For First Time In 10 Weeks, WHO Says

The Washington Post (7/1, Cunningham) reports, “The number of new coronavirus cases increased across Europe for the first time in 10 weeks, the World Health Organization said Thursday, ending a stretch that had raised hopes the pandemic would recede as va...

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Delta COVID-19 Variant Not Driving A Surge In Hospitalization Rates In England, Data Show

The New York Times (7/1, Anthes) reports, “The Delta variant, which is now responsible for most coronavirus infections in England, is not driving a surge in the rate of hospitalizations there, according to data [PDF] released by Public Health England on T...

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Spreading Throughout US

The Wall Street Journal (7/1, Abbott, Subscription Publication) reports respiratory syncytial virus cases are unseasonably high. They usually occur in the fall and winter, but as people are taking less precautions as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, the...

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Biden Administration Unveils First Set Of Rules Banning Surprise Medical Billing

The New York Times (7/1, Kliff, Sanger-Katz) reports, “The Biden administration took its first steps Thursday toward finalizing the details of a ban on surprise medical bills that Congress passed and President Trump signed into law last winter.” The AP (7...

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Number Of Undiagnosed COVID-19 Cases In US In First Six Months Of Pandemic May Have Been As High As 16.8M, Researchers Say

HealthDay (6/30) reports, “In the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the overall weighted undiagnosed seropositivity estimate was 4.6 percent, according to a study published in the June 22 issue of Science Translational Medici...

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Biden Administration Rethinking COVID-19 Testing Approach As Delta Variant Spreads

Politico (7/1, Lim) reports “the Biden administration is rethinking its approach to Covid-19 testing as the pandemic enters an uncertain phase – one in which new infections have dropped to the lowest level since the spring of 2020, but the highly contagio...

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Routine Bloodborne Virus Testing Integrates Well, Is Cost-Effective In UK EDs, Data Show

Healio (6/30, VanDewater) reports, “Routine testing for bloodborne viruses in EDs proved easily integrated and cost-effective in the U.K., according to” researchers who found that “of 28,178 patients tested for urea and electrolytes, 16,053 (57%) accepted...

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Intervention Prior To Visit With Family Practitioners Lowers Patients’ Expectations About Receiving Antibiotic, Results Indicate

Aid Agencies Distribute HIV Generic Drug For Children In Six African Countries

Three Days Of Antibiotic Therapy Noninferior To Eight Days Of Therapy For Patients With Moderately Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Study Finds

Vonoprazan-Based Triple Therapy Most Effective For H Pylori Infection, Analysis Finds

Healthcare Industry Shed Estimated 12,200 Jobs Last Month, Statistics Find

FDA Announces Recall Of Blood Lead Tests Due To “Significant Risk Of Falsely Low Results”

US Health Officials Not Yet Recommending Third Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine For People With Immune Conditions

Analysis: Delta Variant Is Exploiting Undervaccinated Populations To Reinfect Countries

Immunosuppressed Patients Show Impaired Responses To C. Difficile Treatment, Study Suggests

Positive Fluid Balance At Discharge Not Associated With Hospital Readmission In Patients With Sepsis, Study Finds

TDF-Based HIV PrEP Use During Pregnancy May Not Raise Risk Of Adverse Outcomes Compared To Placebo, Review Finds

Delta COVID-19 Variant A Growing Threat To Unvaccinated Americans, CDC Director Says

Spread Of Delta Coronavirus Variant Sets Back Worldwide Efforts To Remove COVID-19 Restrictions

In Europe, New COVID-19 Cases Rise For First Time In 10 Weeks, WHO Says

Delta COVID-19 Variant Not Driving A Surge In Hospitalization Rates In England, Data Show

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Spreading Throughout US

Biden Administration Unveils First Set Of Rules Banning Surprise Medical Billing

Number Of Undiagnosed COVID-19 Cases In US In First Six Months Of Pandemic May Have Been As High As 16.8M, Researchers Say

Biden Administration Rethinking COVID-19 Testing Approach As Delta Variant Spreads

Routine Bloodborne Virus Testing Integrates Well, Is Cost-Effective In UK EDs, Data Show