FDA Rejects Cheap Antidepressant to Treat Early COVID David Boulware, who submitted the EUA for fluvoxamine, argues the agency is "behind the times" May 17, 2022
Can Trained Dogs Sniff Out COVID-Positive Travelers? Randomized trial in Finland suggests dogs can detect virus in airline passengers May 16, 2022
Trace Metal Tied to Mycobacterial Infection Risk Correlation isn't causation, but now there's more reason to suspect a direct connection May 16, 2022
Caution Urged With Paxlovid in Transplant Patients Small case series emphasizes the need to discontinue tacrolimus prior to starting therapy May 13, 2022
What Paxlovid Rebound Could Mean for Patients "This is not a failure of Paxlovid," argues Michael Mina, MD, PhD May 13, 2022 video
Moderna's COVID Vaccine Holds Up for Kids 6-11 Years Interim results get peer-reviewed journal treatment ahead of potential EUA May 11, 2022
How a COVID Misdiagnosis Revealed Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak Case "highlights the importance of autopsy," medical examiner says May 11, 2022
Doxycycline Bests Azithromycin for Anogenital Chlamydia in Women Open-label randomized trial set out to duplicate results from prior studies in men May 10, 2022
The Alabama Doc Who Sounded the Alarm on Unusual Hepatitis in Kids Markus Buchfellner, MD, and team were surprised by positive adenovirus results May 06, 2022
Case Series Hints at Possible Paxlovid Role in Long COVID Two patients saw easing of symptoms following course of therapy, according to pre-print May 06, 2022
COVID in the Donor Organ: What's the Risk? In small sample, donors gave infection to lung recipients, yet not to other organ recipients May 03, 2022
Climate Change Predicted to Accelerate Animal-to-Human Viral Spillover Cross-species transmission most likely to occur in Africa and Asia, researchers predict Apr 28, 2022
Over 50% of U.S. Population Has Contracted COVID-19, CDC Says But prior infection does not guarantee protection against reinfection, officials caution Apr 26, 2022
CDC Panel Wary of 'Booster Fatigue' in COVID Vaccination Planning "We need to be thinking about how to make a better vaccine," suggests one ACIP member Apr 20, 2022
Meningitis B Vaccine May Protect Against ... Gonorrhea? Evidence from the U.S. and Australia indicates vaccine provides modest protection Apr 12, 2022
Overall, Post-COVID Vax Myocarditis Rates Similar to Other Vaccines 75-year literature review finds incidence comparable to non-COVID vaccines Apr 11, 2022
Mix and Match mRNA Boosters? It May Be a Good Idea, Experts Say "You can diversify your immune response as much as possible to get maximal protective immunity" Mar 31, 2022
Higher Dose Primaquine Promising for Malaria Relapse Prevention Brazilian study found more patients avoided relapse versus currently recommended regimen Mar 31, 2022
CDC's Border Restriction Changes; Biden Gets Boosted; Why Are People Unhinged? A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 31, 2022
Largest Ivermectin Trial Fails to Show Benefit in COVID Outpatients Antiparasitic didn't result in lower incidence of hospital admission or prolonged ED stay Mar 30, 2022
Simpler Antifungal Course Works for Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa Single high-dose antifungal-based regimen non-inferior to standard WHO-recommended treatment Mar 23, 2022
Moderna's COVID Vax for Youngest Kids Hits Important Milestones Company plans to submit to FDA for emergency use authorization Mar 23, 2022
Shoulder Injury More Common After Certain Vaccines Population-based approach looks at highest risk intramuscular jabs, demographic factors Mar 21, 2022
COVID Vaccines Staved Off Severe Outcomes During Omicron Racial disparities in hospitalizations also highlighted in latest CDC studies Mar 18, 2022
Advocates to Government: 'Go Big' on HIV Prevention Efforts Overhaul needed to improve access and cost after systemic failures, experts say Mar 16, 2022
Judge Halts Texas' Trans Investigations; Obama Has COVID; Child Deaths and Omicron A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 14, 2022
Third U.S. Case of Congenital Varicella in the Last 25 Years CDC researchers report on an Illinois woman who contracted the virus during pregnancy Mar 11, 2022
COVID's Death Toll 3 Times Worse Than Official Counts In U.S. alone, excess deaths were 300,000 higher than those attributed to virus Mar 10, 2022
CMS Sepsis Measurement Under Fire Measure doesn't work and its re-endorsement process was flawed, critics say Mar 08, 2022
CDC Rats Out First U.S. Transmission of Seoul Hantavirus Case report documents two locally transmitted cases of this infection in D.C. Mar 04, 2022
CDC Details Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak Tropical disease hit middle America and could pop up again, agency scientists say Mar 02, 2022
White House COVID Plan Stresses 'New Moment' in the Pandemic Congressional funding necessary to step up access to treatment, enhanced surveillance Mar 02, 2022
Hostility Against Hospitals Raged During COVID; Long COVID Patients Lack Safety Net This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 02, 2022
FLCCC, IncellDx at Odds Over Long COVID Protocols Both groups face scrutiny over long COVID recommendations Mar 01, 2022
Severe Outcomes Declined During Omicron in South Africa Data found widespread seropositivity, but fewer hospitalizations, deaths Feb 23, 2022
Malone Harassed Doc Who Reported Him to Medical Board; Pain Clinic Fraud Scheme This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 23, 2022
FDA Eyes Second Booster; The Queen Tests Positive; Paul Farmer Dies at 62 A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Feb 22, 2022
Ivermectin Flops Again for COVID, This Time in High-Risk Adults Malaysian trial finds no difference in progression to severe disease over standard of care Feb 18, 2022
HIV Self-Tests Reached High-Risk Populations CDC researchers found a substantial minority of patients had never been tested Feb 18, 2022
Doc Group Pushes Ivermectin for Long COVID FLCCC promotes 20 therapies: like "throwing spaghetti against the wall," one expert says Feb 17, 2022
