Hospital Medicine News

The incidence of some health care-associated infections increased significantly in 2020 due to pandemic-related disruptions, according to U.S. data reported in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Burnout, work exhaustion and disengagement are prevalent among physician assistants and may lead to anxiety, depression and medical errors, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Intravenous artesunate was safe and effective in treating severe malaria in adults in the United States, researchers reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

One in 6 adults would waive care for myocardial infarction symptoms and 1 in 4 would waive care for appendicitis symptoms to avoid exposure to COVID-19, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.

Long COVID, which the CDC defines as “new, returning, or ongoing health problems” that occur weeks after a person is infected with SARS-CoV-2, has been linked to hundreds of symptoms.

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness declined to 66% among a cohort of health care workers after delta became the predominant SARS-CoV-2 variant, according to a report in MMWR.

Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that they are seeking FDA approval for a booster dose of their messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 16 years or older.

The CDC is investigating two multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections that have been linked to consumption of Italian-style meats.

A speaker at the virtual Innovations in Dialysis: Expediting Advances Symposium discussed the high incidence of AKI among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and speculated on why these rates differ across studies.

In a first, the FDA today approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 16 years or older.