Superbug crisis: World leaders meet as threat grows
It is only the fourth time the general assembly has held a high-level meeting for a health issue....
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Month: September 2016
Three new cases reported in Hopkins Legionnaires’ outbreak
Three new cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been identified by Minnesota health officials,...
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More Children Hospitalized from Dental Infections at Anaheim Clinic
The number of children hospitalized following one confirmed case of a bacterial infection stemming...
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HIV Infection & Zika Virus – Increased Risk?
At the present time, information is lacking on whether the risk for Zika virus infection or the...
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FDA HIV Update – Important Labeling Update
Information about FDA HIV product approvals, safety warnings, medical product labeling changes,...
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Targeting dormant HIV
Discovery of a novel, advanced technique to identify the rare cells where human immunodeficiency...
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New study compares approaches to prevent malaria in pregnancy
A novel strategy to screen pregnant women for malaria with rapid diagnostic tests and treat the...
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New York clinic outlines how to improve uptake of PrEP by transgender people
Dedicated efforts are needed to engage transgender men and women with clinical services and to...
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Repurposed deworming drugs & C. Difficile epidemic
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a potential new weapon against...
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First Study to Remove All Doubt about Zika Causing Birth Defects
Preliminary findings of the study are being reported because of the striking magnitude of the...
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Updated Dosing Information in the Adult ARV Guideline
The updated version of the Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected...
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Simple saliva test to diagnose asthma
A new test which can diagnose asthma from a patient’s saliva has been developed by...
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Lemierre’s syndrome: Perspectives on Diagnosis and Management
A systematic review examines cases with Lemierre’s syndrome (LS) in the past 5 years. LS is...
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5-Second Rule!!
It is likely that most of us have faced this dilemma: a tasty morsel of food has fallen on the...
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Yale Gets Green Light to Perform HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplant
A major announcement yesterday for Yale New Haven Hospital, sharing that the hospital has received...
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Risk Factors for Endocarditis After TAVR
For patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) the incidence of infective...
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Is burnout inevitable during medical training?
An emergency medicine resident blogging on KevinMD, thinks so. Here’s why. He started with the...
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Managing non-communicable diseases among people living with HIV
Non-communicable diseases – including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, and other...
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Fourth untreatable superbug case in US detected in Connecticut
On Sept. 9, the CDC confirmed the detection of an E. coli strain containing a gene resistant to...
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Molecules released by Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium pave the way for invasive infection
It’s been known that the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae secretes small molecules called...
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