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Administration Issues Warning About Growing Risks Of Medical Credit Cards

Kaiser Health News (5/4, Levey) reports, “The Biden administration on Thursday cautioned Americans about the growing risks of medical credit cards and other loans for medical bills, warning in a new report that high interest rates can deepen patients’ deb...

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Updated Guidance Recommends Stopping Antibiotics Once Incisions Are Closed To Prevent Surgical Site Infections

Healio (5/4, Stulpin) reports, “Antibiotics administered before and during surgery should be stopped immediately after the patient’s incision is closed, according to updated recommendations for preventing surgical site infections.” The recommendations wer...

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Effect of Specimen Processing Technique on Cell Detection and Classification by Artificial Intelligence

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Work-up of Patients with Decreased Hemoglobin A2 Identified by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis: A North American Institutional Experience

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You Can’t Hide Those Safety Eyes!

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USPSTF Recommends Screening Adults At Increased Risk Of Latent TB Infection

HCPlive (5/2, Grossi) reports that the “US Preventive Services Task Force recommended the screening of adults at an increased risk for latent tuberculosis infection.” The task force’s “recommendation is intended for adults, barring those included in other...

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Rapid Test For Gastrointestinal Pathogens For Patients With Suspected Gastroenteritis May Help Reduce Odds Of Single-Occupancy Rooms In The Hospital, Research Suggests

HCPlive (5/2, Walter) reports, “A rapid test for gastrointestinal pathogens for patients with suspected gastroenteritis could help reduce the odds of single-occupancy rooms in the hospital,” researchers concluded in a 278-patient study that “evaluated the...

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One Dose Of HPV Vaccine Highly Effective At Preventing Infection For At Least Three Years, Study Data Suggest

The New York Times (5/2, Mandavilli) reports, “A single dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine is highly effective at preventing infections over three years, most likely lowering rates of cervical cancer and other diseases linked to the virus, according...

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HIV Status Does Not Appear To Affect Outcomes Of Tecovirimat Treatment For Patients With Mpox, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/2, Media) reports, “HIV status seems not to affect treatment outcomes among patients receiving tecovirimat for mpox, according to a study.” The findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Higher BMI Associated With Increased Risk Of Severe COVID-19, Other Respiratory Infections, Research Suggests

MedPage Today (5/2, Short) reports, “A higher body mass index was associated with increased risks for hospitalization and death due to COVID-19 and other respiratory infections as well, according to a study using data from the UK Biobank.” The findings we...

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Federal Government Spent More On PrEP Combination Therapy Than Previously Thought, Researchers Say

MedPage Today (5/2, Fiore) says, “The federal government may have contributed far more to the development of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) than previously estimated, researchers reported.” Although “previous estimates said the federal government spe...

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Administration Lifting Most Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements When PHE Ends

The AP (5/1, Miller) reports, “The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday.” In addition, “vac...

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Cost Of COVID-19 Tests After Public Health Emergency Ends Remains Unclear

CNN (5/1, McPhillips) reports, “When the US Covid-19 public health emergency ends this month, coronavirus tests will still be available, but there will be changes to who pays for them.” While “private insurers will no longer be required to cover the costs...

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More Than 100 Cases Of Blastomycosis Linked To Paper Mill In Michigan

CNN (5/1, Gumbrecht) reports, “Health officials in Michigan said 109 cases of the rare fungal infection blastomycosis have been linked to a paper mill in Escanaba, an increase of five cases since the last update a week ago.” Of “the 109 cases, 13 have bee...

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Nearly Half Of Healthcare Workers With COVID-19 Continued Working Despite Symptoms, Study Says

Healio (5/1, Stulpin) reports, “Nearly half of health care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 continued working at least part of 1 day with symptoms, according to a study.” The findings were published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

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FDA Authorizes Extra Doses Of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine For Immunocompromised Young Children

MedPage Today (4/28, Ingram) reported, “The FDA has authorized additional doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for young immunocompromised children.” Now, “in kids ages 6 months to 4 years with certain types of immunocompromising condition...

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New Research Examines Genetic Origins Of COVID-19

The New York Times (4/29, Mueller) reported a new study from researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center posted last week, which studied “genetic data from a market in Wuhan,” found insufficient evidence to “support the case that the pandemic had sta...

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FDA Approves Pfizer’s Next-Generation Pneumococcal Vaccine In Children

Reuters (4/28, Roy) reported that the FDA has approved Pfizer’s “next-generation vaccine to prevent pneumococcal disease in children aged six weeks to 17 years.” Pfizer’s “vaccine, Prevnar 20, offers more protection against the disease versus the company’...

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CDC To Stop Tracking Spread Of COVID-19 In Communities

NBC News (4/28, Edwards) reported, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to stop tracking the spread of Covid in communities across the US, according to two people familiar with the plans.” Instead, “the agency will rely more heavily...

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Pfizer Pledge For More Equitable Access To Maternal RSV Vaccine Faces Hurdles, Experts Say

Reuters (4/28, Rigby, Fick) reported that Pfizer “has pledged to deliver critical new medicines more quickly in low-income nations, but its first such vaccine effort faces hurdles likely to delay distribution in poorer countries by several years, global h...

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Administration Issues Warning About Growing Risks Of Medical Credit Cards

Updated Guidance Recommends Stopping Antibiotics Once Incisions Are Closed To Prevent Surgical Site Infections

Effect of Specimen Processing Technique on Cell Detection and Classification by Artificial Intelligence

Work-up of Patients with Decreased Hemoglobin A2 Identified by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis: A North American Institutional Experience

You Can’t Hide Those Safety Eyes!

USPSTF Recommends Screening Adults At Increased Risk Of Latent TB Infection

Rapid Test For Gastrointestinal Pathogens For Patients With Suspected Gastroenteritis May Help Reduce Odds Of Single-Occupancy Rooms In The Hospital, Research Suggests

One Dose Of HPV Vaccine Highly Effective At Preventing Infection For At Least Three Years, Study Data Suggest

HIV Status Does Not Appear To Affect Outcomes Of Tecovirimat Treatment For Patients With Mpox, Study Suggests

Higher BMI Associated With Increased Risk Of Severe COVID-19, Other Respiratory Infections, Research Suggests

Federal Government Spent More On PrEP Combination Therapy Than Previously Thought, Researchers Say

Administration Lifting Most Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements When PHE Ends

Cost Of COVID-19 Tests After Public Health Emergency Ends Remains Unclear

More Than 100 Cases Of Blastomycosis Linked To Paper Mill In Michigan

Nearly Half Of Healthcare Workers With COVID-19 Continued Working Despite Symptoms, Study Says

FDA Authorizes Extra Doses Of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine For Immunocompromised Young Children

New Research Examines Genetic Origins Of COVID-19

FDA Approves Pfizer’s Next-Generation Pneumococcal Vaccine In Children

CDC To Stop Tracking Spread Of COVID-19 In Communities

Pfizer Pledge For More Equitable Access To Maternal RSV Vaccine Faces Hurdles, Experts Say