Survey: Many U.S. Adults Not Planning to Get Flu Vaccine
Vaccine knowledge and anticipated rates of vaccination even lower for pneumococcal disease
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Infectious Disease
Survey: Many U.S. Adults Not Planning to Get Flu Vaccine
Vaccine knowledge and anticipated rates of vaccination even lower for pneumococcal disease
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North Carolina Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Traced to Hot Tub Display
Walking by display of hot tubs is likely source of disease, state health officials say
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United States Will Keep Measles Elimination Status
Elimination status can be removed by the WHO when measles has been spreading continuously for a year
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CDC Says People Can Contract Tuberculosis From Deer
Anyone working closely with animals that might carry the infection should be screened for tuberculosis
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Infectious Disease Consultation May Lower Candida Mortality
Mortality at 90 days lower in patients with candida bloodstream infection who receive an ID consult
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Connecticut Sees First Death This Year From Mosquito-Borne EEE
Cases have also been reported in Massachusetts, Michigan, and Rhode Island
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Emergency Departments Need to Up HIV Testing, Linkage to Care
Just under half of HIV-positive patients in South African emergency departments virally suppressed
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Fetal Exposure to Maternal Infection & Lifetime Neuropsychiatric Disease Risk
While evidence increasingly indicates that the pre- and perinatal periods are crucial for lifelong...
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CDC: Valley Fever Cases Increased From 2014 to 2017
Most cases reported from Arizona and California; in 2017, incidence in Arizona was 101 per 100,000
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Initiating Empirical Tx for Sepsis Reduces Blood Culture Sensitivity
12 percent difference seen in proportion of positive blood cultures before and after antimicrobial therapy
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High-Risk Antibiotic Use Linked to Hospital-Associated C. Difficile
High-risk antibiotic use independently predicts hospital-related Clostridioides difficile infection
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Men Less Knowledgeable About HPV, HPV Vaccination
Most men and women did not know anal, penile, and oral cancers are caused by HPV
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Scientists Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR in Attempt to Cure HIV
Attempt failed, but tool appears precise and safe and holds promise
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HIV Infection May Raise Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Risk similar to known factors such as hypertension and diabetes
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“We Don’t Get the Flu Vaccine”
As a pediatric intensive care physician who also cares for children in a pediatric urgent care...
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New Strain of S. pyogenes Causing Scarlet Fever in U.K.
New, more toxigenic strain may explain recent increase in scarlet fever activity in England
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Herd Protection Against Oral HPV Infections Seen Among Men
Vaccine-type oral HPV prevalence decreased from 2009-2010 to 2015-2016 among unvaccinated men
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Two More Cases of EEE Virus Confirmed in Massachusetts
36 communities now at critical risk, 42 at high risk, 115 at moderate risk for Eastern equine encephalitis
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ATS Guideline Outlines Lab Tests for Diagnosis of Fungal Infections
Guideline addresses lab testing for diagnosis of fungal infections in pulmonary medicine, critical care
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