Infectious Diseases 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
• 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
• 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
• TBI May Reactivate Herpes Virus Leading to Neurodegeneration Mild traumatic brain injury leads to reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1, which may promote neurodegeneration and contribute to Alzheimer’s, new research suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, 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
• Drug Shortages: Does Canada Manage Them Better? Oncology drugs tend to “percolate to the top” of shortage lists that prioritize drugs of concern, said expert.
  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
• 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
• France Identifies First Case Of New Mpox Variant, AFP Reports France has identified its first case of the new mpox variant, news agency AFP reported on Monday, citing a statement from the country's health ministry.
  Reuters Health Information, January 06, 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
• Imipenem-Cilastatin-Relebactam, the New Go-To for Pneumonia? Imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam matches piperacillin-tazobactam for hospital- or ventilator-acquired bacterial pneumonia, with similar safety, supporting use in areas with high multidrug resistance.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• In HCV, Starting Treatment Trumps Staging for Liver Fibrosis Biomarker staging of liver fibrosis in hepatitis C was cost effective, but so was initiating treatment without testing.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025