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Children from underrepresented populations, including those who lived in high-income areas, were at higher risk for postsurgical death than white children, a retrospective secondary analysis showed.

Many people who use drugs who are sent to skilled nursing facilities for outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy do not complete treatment, according to findings from a single-center study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

New findings suggest that male physicians may have biases toward same-sex referrals, as they were more likely to refer patients to male surgeons than female surgeons.

A novel breathalyzer detected SARS-CoV-2 in critically ill patients with 88% accuracy, according to findings published in PLOS ONE.

On Sept. 9, President Joe Biden announced a six-pronged plan to combat a rise in COVID-19 cases that included federal vaccine mandates for roughly 100 million U.S. workers.

Among patients with community-acquired pneumonia, receipt of a positive pneumococcal urinary antigen test was associated with earlier de-escalation of antimicrobials compared with patients who received a negative test, according to a study.

A lower dose of oral amoxicillin was noninferior to a higher dose in children with community-acquired pneumonia who were discharged from an ED or hospital ward, according to results of a 2x2 factorial, randomized clinical trial in JAMA.

COVID-19 vaccination is less effective in immunocompromised adults than it is in the general population, a large study found, supporting recent recommendations that they receive extra doses.

Last month, in an interview with MSNBC, Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, warned that the state of Texas could see a fifth wave of COVID-19 right in time for the holidays.

In this video, Rachael A. Smith, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CCRN, highlights several must-see presentations from the virtual Emergency Nurses Association annual conference.