Practice Management News

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programs are common for conditions that traditionally require weeks or months of parenteral treatment.

WHO recently ended the COVID-19 global public health emergency — and the United States will soon lift its own emergency declarations — but questions about vaccination, especially for children, persist.

In its first year, the Healio Honors peer-to-peer recognition program celebrated 65 health care professionals for their exemplary work in patient care, research, advocacy and mentorship. Year two of the program is now underway.

Last April, Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, requested an internal and external review of the CDC’s performance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The nonprofit organization ElevateMeD Inc. has announced its 2023-’24 Scholars Program cohort, a group of 25 underrepresented medical students from across the country who each will be awarded a $16,500 tuition-based scholarship.

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, announced Friday that she will resign as CDC director at the end of June.

Most children diagnosed with Lyme disease recover within 6 months of receiving antibiotic treatment, regardless of their clinical presentation, according to findings from a study published in Pediatric Research.

From 2021 to 2022, the overall death rate in the United States decreased about 5% and COVID-19 death rates nearly 50%, according to research published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

A polybacterial sublingual vaccine, which reduced recurrent UTI rates and had few side effects, could be useful in future clinical practice, according to researchers.

The FDA on Wednesday approved the world’s first vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, which followed years of failed attempts by scientists to develop one.