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Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance. The University of Sydney led study found many antibiotics recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) had less than 50 percent effectiveness in treating childhood infections such as pneumonia, […]
Methods The Recommendations Steering Committee, composed of CDC staff with expertise in viral hepatitis, obstetrics, pediatrics, infectious diseases, and policy (Supplementary Appendix 1, https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134020), met regularly to oversee the development of the recommendations. The steering committee designed a comprehensive systematic review of the literature to guide the decision for these recommendations. The purpose of the […]
Researchers funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation have developed a way of detecting the early onset of deadly infectious diseases by using a test so ultrasensitive that it could someday revolutionize medical approaches to epidemics. The test, described in Science Advances, uses an electronic sensor contained in a computer chip. It employs nanoballs – […]
The antiviral drug Paxlovid is great at treating COVID-19 infections, but a new study casts doubt on its effectiveness at preventing symptoms associated with long COVID. Nearly 9,600 veterans given Paxlovid had about the same risk of most post-COVID side effects as vets not treated with the antiviral med, according to findings published Tuesday in […]
The United States Food and Drug Administration is recommending recalls of 27 eye drop products across seven brands. The FDA released an updated list Monday of products that people should stop using due to the potential risk of eye infections that could cause partial vision loss or blindness. The administration recommended retailers pull several products […]
A recent study led by the University of Sydney has revealed a concerning decline in the effectiveness of antibiotics used to treat common infections in children and babies worldwide. This alarming resistance to antibiotics is leading to outdated global guidelines and a subsequent rise in avoidable deaths, particularly in regions such as South-East Asia and […]
October 31, 2023 Opinion Video George Sakoulas, MD, provides an overview of the burden of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and patient selection for treatment in the outpatient setting. Related Videos Related Content Related Content
An international research team, including Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD, in the UNC School of Medicine, has found how SARS-CoV-2 causes widespread “energy outages” throughout major organs, and how these effects contribute to debilitating long COVID symptoms. Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD The lungs were once at the forefront of SARS-Cov-2 research, but as reports of organ […]
WESTON, Fla. – The standard of care for diagnosing prostate cancer in the United States may soon be changing. Dr. Alberto Pieretti, a urologist with Cleveland Clinic Weston, is among many specialists now adopting the European approach of trans-perineal prostate biopsy instead of taking the sample rectally. ”When we use a transperineal approach instead of getting […]