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Covid-19
Paxlovid rebound raises questions, but studies have answersBiden's rebound is far from the first, although they are reportedly "rare."
Clinical Care
Most Clinicians Prescribe Antibiotics Inappropriately for Asymptomatic BacteriuriaA new study found that nearly three-quarters of primary care clinicians would prescribe antibiotics for bacteria in urine against established...
Clinical Care
How to Reduce Hospital-Onset Clostridioides DifficileAfter the first year of interventions at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, there was a 63% decrease in hospital-onset C. diff...
Clinical Care
Ready For It: How Rady Children's VP of Operations Braced for the COVID-19 ImpactThe roles Chris Abe, RN, CIC, HEM, has taken on at the hospital uniquely prepared her for the public health...
Clinical Care
Mandatory Hospital Sepsis Protocols Save Thousands of LivesNew York hospitals must report sepsis-related data to the state Department of Health.
Clinical Care
U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Effort Has Averted an Estimated 2.2M DeathsA study makes estimates with and without COVID-19 vaccination in the United States for deaths, hospitalizations, infections, and healthcare costs.
Covid-19
Pfizer CEO Pushes Yearly Shots for COVID. Not So Fast, Experts Say.Critics say CEO Albert Bourla's comments create public pressure for a fourth dose before experts have time to assess the...
Covid-19
10 Recommendations to Improve Pandemic PreparednessThe Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has published an expansive report on how the United States can...
Covid-19
From Alabama to Utah, Efforts to Vaccinate Medicaid Enrollees Against COVID Run Into ObstaclesThere is no nationwide compilation of how many Medicaid enrollees have been vaccinated.
Covid-19
COVID Still Threatens Millions of Americans. Why Are We So Eager to Move On?People who are at high risk ? and the loved ones who fear passing along the virus to them ?...
Covid-19
As COVID Slogs On, Seniors Find Fortitude Waning and Malaise GrowingMany older adults are struggling with persistent malaise, heightened by the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant.