Practice Management News

Among patients with interstitial lung disease, those who received an influenza vaccination demonstrated a significant reduction in all-cause mortality in two of the four seasons evaluated in a recent study.

HHS has released two new reports that it said not only “illustrate the urgency of addressing skyrocketing prescription drug costs in America,” but also highlight the potential positive impact of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Lung disease that patients with cancer experience from the antibody-drug conjugate fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki can be treated effectively if detected early and managed promptly, according to study results published in ESMO Open.

Compared with healthy controls, young patients with sickle cell anemia demonstrated more abnormalities in lung volume via lung clearance index, according to study findings.

Although the general understanding of long COVID has improved in the past year, many questions about the persistent sequelae experienced by some people after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection remain, according to experts.

The CDC no longer recommends universal masking in health care settings unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission, according to updated guidance posted on the agency’s website.

Emotional exhaustion has increased about 10% for all types of health care workers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that current resources are not enough to improve their well-being, according to researchers.

Short telomeres were strongly associated with prevalent interstitial lung disease among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to cross-sectional study results published in Respiratory Medicine.

Hybrid immunity from prior omicron infection and at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided the highest protection from omicron infection, according to data recently published in The Lancet.

In a large cohort of male Vietnam veterans, presumptive exposure to Agent Orange led to an increased risk for developing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to a study.