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Study: Funding pullbacks threaten progress on UN goal to end HIV/AIDS
Despite global progress toward eliminating HIV — including a growing number of nations that have hit goals to diagnose and successfully treat patients — funding pullbacks threaten to add decades to the battle, according to a study.
Q&A: Test quickly detects invasive malaria-spreading mosquito
Researchers developed a low-cost rapid test to detect an invasive species of mosquito that has adapted to live near humans in urban environments, which they hope can be used in areas far from medical labs.
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Remember smallpox? It’s worth revisiting
Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined.
Q&A: Risk for long COVID has declined, remains ‘substantial’
The risk for developing long COVID declined over the course of the pandemic but has remained significant, researchers reported.
Rollout of world’s second malaria vaccine begins in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast administered the first doses of the world’s second malaria vaccine this week, according to the vaccine’s manufacturers, marking the latest development in a decades-long effort to control the deadly mosquito-borne disease.
Socioeconomic disparities may increase rate of antimicrobial-resistant organisms
Socioeconomic disparities among residential neighborhoods may be associated with the prevalence of five specific antimicrobial-resistant organisms, especially AmpC beta-lactamase producers and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
More real-world evidence shows nirsevimab protects infants against RSV
The monoclonal antibody nirsevimab reduced the risk that infants would be hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus-associated bronchiolitis, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Facility doubles infection prevention staff, decreases hospital-related infections
A Florida hospital doubled the size of its infection prevention staff over a 4-year period and saw a substantial decrease in hospital-related infections, researchers reported at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual meeting.
Q&A: House members introduce bill to address congenital syphilis epidemic
Late last month, members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 8839, the bipartisan Maternal and Infant Syphilis Prevention Act.
Stethoscope disinfection device improves hand hygiene
Installation of a stethoscope disinfection device improved hand hygiene compliance among health care workers at an urgent care clinic and ED, researchers reported.
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Burnout, withdrawal remain ‘alarmingly high’ among physicians and residents
September 17, 20242 min read -
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Over one-third of adults not planning on receiving recommended vaccines this fall
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Popular home BP devices unable to provide accurate readings for millions due to sizing
September 19, 20242 min read