Practice Management News

The FDA approved the first self-test for HIV in 2012, allowing more people to know their HIV status, but unfortunately, no company has applied for FDA clearance in the decade since.

There has been a significant increase in the number of people receiving home infusion therapy over the last decade, but a study found that many who deliver these services have no formal training in infection surveillance.

Children were twice as likely as adults to test positive for influenza and more likely to be hospitalized for influenza this season, according to data published in MMWR.

The introduction of long-acting injectable cabotegravir PrEP in sub-Saharan Africa could result in fewer future AIDS deaths and new infections, while being a cost-effective alternative to oral PrEP, according to a recent study.

Women with HIV who had greater cumulative viremia had an increased risk of multimorbidity and developing five vascular-related non-AIDS comorbidities, according to a recent study.

A study of pregnant people with syphilis found that substance use during pregnancy was nearly twice as common among those who delivered an infant with congenital syphilis than among peers who did not pass the infection to their baby.

The optimal duration of antibiotic therapy has been a matter of some debate, and increasingly, research is showing that shorter durations are just as effective as longer courses for many infections.

Blood culture contamination was significantly reduced when phlebotomists used an initial specimen diversion device on patients vs. the use of traditional venipuncture, according to a recent study.

Children hospitalized with COVID-19 who had a secondary viral infection like respiratory syncytial virus or rhinovirus were around twice as likely to have severe respiratory illness, a study found.

The ACP has proposed a new process to streamline specialty referrals — a step that experts have called critical to fixing a massive issue in health care — but questions remain about the plan’s feasibility.