Zoonotic Infections News

There was plenty of FDA news this year not related to COVID-19.

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I got into the medical field to solve problems, and the field of infectious diseases exemplifies that.

At the end of this month, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, will officially step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which he has led for nearly 4 decades.

CDC researchers published a resource for providers that outlines the epidemiology and clinical features of mpox in children and adolescents and how it can be diagnosed and managed.

WHO on Monday announced it will start using the term ”mpox” to refer to monkeypox disease, citing “racist and stigmatizing language” used during this year’s global outbreak as a reason.

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When I was in high school, I had an opportunity to shadow the medical field through the Girl Scouts. This led to me volunteering at a hospital during undergrad.

Children aged younger than 8 years are at an elevated risk for monkeypox complications and should be considered a high-risk group, according to a review article published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

I grew up in a household surrounded by medicine and the medical needs of my sister. It was an environment I had become accustomed to and later became the focal point of my studies.