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There was a “profound” reduction in testing rates for chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV and syphilis in Southern California during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Mindfulness-based interventions may ease burnout, increase compassion and improve the patient-physician relationship, according to a presentation at Healing Healthcare: A Global Mindfulness Summit.

The effectiveness of a COVID-19 booster shot waned over time, but the extra dose continued to protect against hospitalization at 4 months and beyond, according to data collected during the omicron surge and reported Friday in MMWR.

Opaganib significantly reduced mortality and improved the time to recovery among patients hospitalized for severe COVID-19 who also received remdesivir and corticosteroids, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Five-year follow-up data from the POET trial continued to demonstrate the usefulness of oral antibiotics for left-sided endocarditis, with no indications of long-term treatment failure among participants, researchers reported.

Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection protects against symptomatic reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 variants, including omicron, national data from Qatar showed.

Cathleen M. McCabe, MD, and Laura B. Enyedi, MD, talk with Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS, and Jullia A. Rosdahl, MD, PhD, about addressing physician suicide and destigmatizing mental health. Plus, they share their favorite resilience hacks.

Between March 2020 and February 2021, the combined utilization of six ambulatory care services among U.S. adults fell, then came close to reaching expected rates, data show.

Ketamine provided rapid benefits to hospitalized patients with suicidal ideation; however, more research is needed to determine its long-term impact, according to findings from a French study published in The BMJ.

The new year rung in record highs of COVID-19 cases as omicron quickly surpassed delta as the dominant variant in the U.S., according to the CDC.