Practice Management News

Pfizer and BioNTech are seeking an emergency use authorization from the FDA for omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccines in children aged 6 months to 4 years.

Caring for premature babies with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, which is a serious lung condition that occurs in babies born very premature, requires individualized treatment plans.

Patients frequently misunderstand physician phrases and assign opposite meanings of what was intended, leading to confusion about health outcomes, a study published in JAMA Network Open reported.

Hospitalizations for influenza are the highest they have been at this time of year since 2010, the CDC reported Friday.

Children who were exposed to Zika virus in utero may demonstrate developmental differences into preschool age, even if they did not have congenital Zika syndrome, according to a study published in Pediatric Research.

Practices may find this short primer on state pass-through entity election and year-end tax tips helpful to determine whether they can benefit from a state tax strategy or create some tax savings before Jan. 1, 2023.

Undernutrition, both before tuberculosis onset and at treatment initiation, as well as a lack of body mass index increase after intensive therapy, are associated with unfavorable TB outcomes, according to a recent study.

Saracatinib appeared to be “equal or superior” in stopping fibrotic responses compared with two FDA-approved antifibrotic drugs, according to a preclinical study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation receiving oral anticoagulants, factor Xa inhibitors appeared associated with increased risk for interstitial lung disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

New data published in an MMWR report showed that patients with COVID-19 given a prescription for Paxlovid had a lower rate of hospitalization.