Practice Management News

Respiratory syncytial virus incidence rates among pregnant people are lower than those seen in older adults and young children, although researchers say rates are still significant and warrant consideration in vaccine policy decisions.

Researchers identified 16 predictors of infant hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus and developed a model that clinicians can use to predict an infant’s risk, according to findings published in The Lancet Digital Health.

Many health care personnel working in acute-care hospitals and nursing homes are not up to date on recommended COVID-19 or influenza vaccinations, new study findings suggest.

At this year’s CHEST Meeting in Honolulu, doctors from all over the world presented research on various respiratory diseases and conditions and gave talks on important topics in pulmonology.

Surgeons used breast implants to hold a man’s heart in place during a double-lung transplant after he was diagnosed with a potentially fatal infection after years of smoking and vaping.

The U.S. Senate today confirmed Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, as director of the NIH.

The highest ever reported number of tuberculosis diagnoses was reported in 2022, a feat likely due to the recovery of TB services following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WHO’s 2023 Global TB report.

In the transplantation world, technology has played a major role in advancing the way donor organs are transported and preserved.

Doxycycline reduced the risk for Clostridioides difficile infection by almost half compared with azithromycin among patients hospitalized with community-acquire pneumonia who had a C. difficile infection in the past year, a study found.

For patients with cystic fibrosis, exercise helps with disease management, and exercise tests allow clinicians to assess lung health, muscle strength and treatment response, according to a press release from University of Portsmouth.