Infectious Diseases
Feature
Rise of the fungi: Pandemic tied to increasing fungal infections
COVID-19 has lifted the lid on the risks of secondary pulmonary fungal infections.
Commentary
How a cheap liver drug may be the key to preventing COVID
The authors of a paper appearing in Nature give us multiple, complementary lines of evidence.
Feature
Paxlovid has been free so far. Next year, sticker shock awaits
The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with COVID-19 from being hospitalized or dying,
News
Study comparing surgical and N95 masks sparks concern
The findings are not consistent with those of many other studies on this topic.
News
FDA pulls U.S. authorization for Eli Lilly’s COVID drug bebtelovimab
The drug is not expected to neutralize the dominant BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants of Omicron.
Feature
RSV surge stuns parents and strains providers, but doctors offer help
The parents of the child who had a severe case of RSV reflected on the their son’s bout with the illness.
Feature
Buzzy Lancet long COVID paper under investigation for ‘data errors’
A reader found inconsistencies between the data in the article and a later paper describing the same cohort of patients after a year of follow-up...
Feature
Covid vax prevents death in children regardless of variant
But the vaccine’s effectiveness decreased over time.
Conference Coverage
Newer agents for nosocomial pneumonia: The right drug for the right bug
“The right drug at the right time with the right dose for the right bug for the right duration.”
Feature
U.S. flu activity already at mid-season levels
Nationally, 6% of all outpatient visits were because of flu or flu-like illness for the week of Nov. 13-19.
Latest News
More work needed to optimize STI screening in primary care settings
Primary care doctors should incorporate some questions about sexual health during a regular head-to-toe checkup and ask questions in a very...