A diagnostic stewardship intervention at a large urban hospital was associated with a significant reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections, researchers reported today in the American Journal of Infection Control. The intervention at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County,…
Today in its weekly update on COVID-19 activity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said several markers of the virus were trending downward, including emergency department visits and test positivity. Test positivity from September 24…
[caption id="attachment_5133" align="aligncenter" width="2121"] Asian woman have problem with long hair loss attach in her hand.[/caption] Today in JAMA Network Open, South Korean researchers identify a significantly higher risk of multiple new-onset autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective-tissue disorders…
Two studies today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlight COVID-19 among older adults, with one finding that this age-group made up 63% of all COVID-related hospitalizations and nearly 90% of deaths in 2023 in the United…
Though hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are less common than those for flu or COVID-19, they are more severe and more likely to occur in adults ages 75 and older, according to new data published…
Only 20% of Americans eligible for COVID-19 boosters get them, and today in Vaccine, researchers published the results of a new survey of 2,000 US adults to understand why uptake is so low. Participants were part of the…
Pain reprocessing therapy (PRT), which teaches people to perceive pain signals sent to the brain as less threatening, helps in the treatment of chronic pain, according to a new study. The study, published in JAMA…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today granted emergency use authorization for Novavax's updated COVID vaccine, paving the way for people to begin receiving it. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made its universal recommendation that people…
Patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow, who also have diabetes have a reduced overall survival when compared to those without diabetes, a new study led by an…
Most of the measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to track COVID-19 activity declined last week, except for deaths, which are often a lagging indicator, according to the group's latest data updates.…
