Pulmonary Medicine News

• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• hMPV: Is There Cause for Concern? Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk owing to widespread immunity.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Biomarkers Predict Lung Disease Outcome in SSc-ILD Therapy Patients with SSc-ILD who showed an increase in the level of blood biomarker KL-6 after 1 year of treatment were at risk of developing progressive pulmonary fibrosis in the second year.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• China Discovers Cluster of New Mpox Strain Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads to more countries after the World Health...
  Reuters Health Information, January 09, 2025
• Reducing Risk, One Mask at a Time: What the Science Says Could masks create a comeback as we move beyond COVID-19? Here are the latest insights into their impact and effectiveness on public health.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Eli Lilly's Obesity Drug Gets Medicare Coverage for Sleep Apnea Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound can now be covered by government-backed Medicare insurance plans for use in sleep apnea, broadening access to the blockbuster weight-loss...
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2025
• US to Build New Stockpile of Bird Flu Vaccine for Poultry The U.S. will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry that match the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild birds, the Department of...
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2025
• World Animal Health Body Urges Tighter Bird Flu Controls After US Death More should be done to control the spread of bird flu among animals to avoid more cases in humans, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday,...
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Alert Last Month in Oncology: FDA Cancer News Roundup The FDA continues to approve new drugs and expand indications for others at a rapid pace. Here’s a summary of what happened last month.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• New Trial Seeks to Pin Down Pediatric PAH Treatment Phase 3 open-label study will compare two protocols for children with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Hypermucoviscous K pneumoniae Shows Reduced Drug Resistance Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production and carbapenem resistance were less prevalent in hypermucoviscous K pneumoniae strains than in non-hypermucoviscous ones.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Study Reveals New Insights in Pneumonia Care for Seniors Neutrophil function was impaired, but glycolysis was unaffected in hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia and sepsis, showed a recent prospective study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Bird Flu Risk Remains Low After First US Death, WHO Says The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, following the first death of a patient from the...
  Reuters Health Information, January 07, 2025
• RSV Vaccines and Treatments Face Global Access Hurdles Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies are reducing RSV hospitalizations, but high costs and limited access in low-income countries hinder global epidemiology changes.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Cardiac Risks With Newer Psoriasis Meds Match TNF Inhibitors A study of biologic-naive patients with psoriasis or PsA found that IL-17, IL-12/23, and IL-23 inhibitors have cardiovascular and thrombotic risk profiles comparable with those of TNF inhibitors.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Cost Barriers Influence Adherence to Asthma Care According to a recent study, financial constraint was a major contributor to nonadherence to medications in adults with asthma in the United States.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Alert Human Bird Flu Death in US: Public Health Analysis Continues Public health officials maintain that risk to general public remains low.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• RSV Vaccine Protects Older Adults From Severe Disease The RSVpreF vaccine demonstrated 91% effectiveness against RSV-related lower respiratory tract disease in older adults during the first 5 months of use.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• Teen Lungs Thrive With Prompt HIV Care in Childhood Early antiretroviral therapy in children with perinatal HIV alleviated HIV-related lung function abnormalities and safeguarded lung health throughout their teenage years.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025