User Auth Test Page

Researchers Say Using Oral Antibiotics And Limiting Durations Of Vancomycin Treatment May Decrease V-AKI In Patients With ABSSSI

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/16, Masoud) reports researchers found that “using oral antibiotics when possible and limiting the durations of vancomycin treatment may decrease vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury (V-AKI) in patients with acute bacteri...

Full Article
Study Suggests Physicians Should Not Routinely Prescribe Antibiotics For Pediatric Pneumonia

The New York Times (3/16, Bakalar) reports a study published in Pediatrics suggests that physicians should not routinely prescribe antibiotics for children with pneumonia. The article says, “Researchers studied 294 children, aged 3 months to 18 years, who...

Full Article
President Trump Urges People To Avoid “Discretionary” Travel And Gatherings With 10 Or More People

STAT (3/16, Facher) reports President Trump said, “My administration is recommending that all Americans, including the young and healthy, work to engage in schooling from home when possible, avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people, avoid discreti...

Full Article
Researchers Evaluate Impact Of PEPFAR Program For Adolescent Girls And Young Women In Uganda

Healio (3/16, Downey) reports researchers “evaluated a program initiated by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [PEPFAR] called Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe,” which was “designed to reduce the risk for HIV inf...

Full Article
FDA Grants Emergency Clearance To Third Coronavirus Test

The Wall Street Journal (3/13, Roland, Loftus, Subscription Publication) reported the FDA granted emergency clearance to Roche’s fast coronavirus test. The article said the FDA also granted emergency clearance to coronavirus tests made by the CDC and New...

Full Article
Children Younger Than Age 7 Diagnosed With T1D Have Different Endotype From Those Diagnosed At Age 13 Or Older, Study Suggests

MedPage Today (3/15, Minerd) reports that “a histopathology study” suggests that “children younger than age 7 diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have a different endotype from those diagnosed at age 13 or older.” In the study, “pancreas samples from chi...

Full Article
Researchers Identify New Genetic Structural Variants In Childhood Leukemias

Cancer Network (3/13, Slater) reported researchers “identified previously unrecognized genetic structural variants in childhood leukemias that could be used to evaluate the presence of minimal residual disease throughout the course of chemotherapy and hel...

Full Article
Tracking Mutations In Cell-Free DNA May Improve Minimal Residual Disease Detection In Patients With Breast Cancer, Study Indicates

Cancer Network (3/13, Slater) reported researchers “found that tracking large numbers of individualized tumor mutations in cell-free DNA can improve minimal residual disease detection in patients with breast cancer; however, its sensitivity is driven by t...

Full Article
Flu Activity Increases Following Weeks Of Decline, Perhaps Due To COVID-19

CHEST Physician (3/13, Franki) reported “the 2019-2020 flu season has taken a somewhat surprising turn, and COVID-19 may be to blame.” Specifically, “the two leading measures of influenza activity – the percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive...

Full Article
In Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia Related To Influenza-B, Early NAI Therapy May Result In Better Outcomes Than Those Who Do Not Receive Such Treatment, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/13, Masoud) reported “early neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) therapy may result in better outcomes in patients hospitalized with influenza B-related pneumonia, according to results of a study published in the European Journal of...

Full Article
President Trump Declares Coronavirus Pandemic A National Emergency As Virus Continues Spread In US And Around The World

The AP (3/13, Mascaro, Miller, Taylor, Colvin) reported that on Friday, President Donald Trump “declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, freeing up money and resources to fight the outbreak, and then threw his support behind an aid package...

Full Article
Texas Governor Declares Statewide Public Health Disaster

The Texas Tribune (3/13, Walters) reported Texas “Gov. Greg Abbott (R) declared Friday that the new coronavirus is a statewide public health disaster and said that Texas is on the verge of being able to significantly ramp up its testing capacity.” He also...

Full Article
Roadblocks To Coronavirus Testing Still Reportedly Remain For Many People Who Fear They Have The Virus

The New York Times (3/12, Stockman) reports that many people “who fear they have the virus have faced one roadblock after another as they try to get tested, according to interviews with dozens of people across the country.” Some people “have been rejected...

Full Article
Researchers Say Bacteria May Play Role In Development Of T2D In People With Severe Obesity

HealthDay (3/12, Preidt) reports researchers “analyzed bacterial genetic material in blood and tissue samples taken from 40” people with severe obesity, half of whom had type 2 diabetes. The researchers concluded that “bacteria may play a role in the deve...

Full Article
Greater Alcohol Consumption Tied To Lower Serum Bone Formation Markers In Patients With HIV And Substance Use Disorder, Study Indicates

Endocrinology Advisor (3/12, Akirov) reports researchers found that “greater alcohol consumption is associated with lower serum bone formation markers in patients living with HIV with substance use disorder.” The findings were published in Alcoholism: Cli...

Full Article
Patients With Monogenic Or Polygenic FH Have Elevated Risk For ASCVD Compared With Patients With Nongenetic Hypercholesterolemia, Study Indicates

Cardiology Advisor (3/12, Rothbard) reports that in a study, patients “with monogenic or polygenic familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) were found to be at an elevated risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) compared with those with nongenet...

Full Article
Researchers Use New Genome Sequencing Method To Identify Gene Associated With Chemotherapy Resistance In Children With Leukemia

Health IT Analytics (3/12, Kent) reports researchers “at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital used a novel whole genome sequencing method to identify a gene [CELSR2] associated with chemotherapy resistance in children with leukemia.” The same researche...

Full Article
Combination Of New HIV Medication, Contraceptive Implants Seem To Show No Drug-Drug Interactions, Research Indicates

MedPage Today (3/12, Susman) reports, “The combination of contraceptive implants and new antiretroviral combination therapy being rolled out in Africa do not appear to have drug-drug interactions with treatment for HIV infection, researchers” presented at...

Full Article
Researchers Say Experimental Neutralizing Antibody Does Not Appear To Reduce The Size Of The HIV Reservoir

MedPage Today (3/12, Susman) reports researchers found that the experimental neutralizing antibody 3BNC117 by itself or in combination with anti-lymphoma agent romidepsin did not reduce “the size of the HIV reservoir” over a period of 48 weeks. The findin...

Full Article
FDA Directive Requires CDC To Retest Every Positive Coronavirus Test Result From Public Health Lab

ProPublica (3/12, DePillis, Chen) reports that the FDA issued a directive that requires the CDC to “retest every positive coronavirus test run by a public health lab to confirm its accuracy.” The article says that the directive is “slowing down the govern...

Full Article

Request a Call from Customer Relations

Name *
Topic *
Phone Number *
Scheduled Date *
Scheduled Time *
Customer Id

First Name *
Last Name *
Email *
Customer ID

Researchers Say Using Oral Antibiotics And Limiting Durations Of Vancomycin Treatment May Decrease V-AKI In Patients With ABSSSI

Study Suggests Physicians Should Not Routinely Prescribe Antibiotics For Pediatric Pneumonia

President Trump Urges People To Avoid “Discretionary” Travel And Gatherings With 10 Or More People

Researchers Evaluate Impact Of PEPFAR Program For Adolescent Girls And Young Women In Uganda

FDA Grants Emergency Clearance To Third Coronavirus Test

Children Younger Than Age 7 Diagnosed With T1D Have Different Endotype From Those Diagnosed At Age 13 Or Older, Study Suggests

Researchers Identify New Genetic Structural Variants In Childhood Leukemias

Tracking Mutations In Cell-Free DNA May Improve Minimal Residual Disease Detection In Patients With Breast Cancer, Study Indicates

Flu Activity Increases Following Weeks Of Decline, Perhaps Due To COVID-19

In Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia Related To Influenza-B, Early NAI Therapy May Result In Better Outcomes Than Those Who Do Not Receive Such Treatment, Study Suggests

President Trump Declares Coronavirus Pandemic A National Emergency As Virus Continues Spread In US And Around The World

Texas Governor Declares Statewide Public Health Disaster

Roadblocks To Coronavirus Testing Still Reportedly Remain For Many People Who Fear They Have The Virus

Researchers Say Bacteria May Play Role In Development Of T2D In People With Severe Obesity

Greater Alcohol Consumption Tied To Lower Serum Bone Formation Markers In Patients With HIV And Substance Use Disorder, Study Indicates

Patients With Monogenic Or Polygenic FH Have Elevated Risk For ASCVD Compared With Patients With Nongenetic Hypercholesterolemia, Study Indicates

Researchers Use New Genome Sequencing Method To Identify Gene Associated With Chemotherapy Resistance In Children With Leukemia

Combination Of New HIV Medication, Contraceptive Implants Seem To Show No Drug-Drug Interactions, Research Indicates

Researchers Say Experimental Neutralizing Antibody Does Not Appear To Reduce The Size Of The HIV Reservoir

FDA Directive Requires CDC To Retest Every Positive Coronavirus Test Result From Public Health Lab