Search results for "Infectious diseases"
ACP calls for improvements in health care for incarcerated patients
Adequately funded policies and procedures are needed to reduce health care disparities in access to, and quality of, health care for the U.S. jail and prison population, ACP said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/22/1.htm
22 Nov 2022
ACP supports National Immunization Awareness Month, urges vaccination discussion with patients
ACP is committed to helping raise adult immunization rates, especially among patients with chronic conditions.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/30/5.htm
30 Jul 2019
An ode to Osler
The influential internist died 100 years ago this December.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/11/an-ode-to-osler.htm
1 Nov 2019
Panel issues updated guidance on ART for HIV treatment, prevention
The recommendations from the International Antiviral Society-USA cover initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), switching regimens, ART in older patients with HIV, and HIV and COVID-19, among other topics.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/12/06/1.htm
6 Dec 2022
Nearly half of inpatients with pneumonia or urinary tract infection were overprescribed antibiotics after discharge
The most common types of antibiotic overuse after discharge included excess duration for pneumonia and unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria, a retrospective cohort study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/22/5.htm
22 Sep 2020
New Bedside Rounds podcast: Bacteriophages making a comeback
Discover how bacteriophages were once used to treat all kinds of infections, from cholera to staph.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/11/5.htm
11 Dec 2018
Studies find monoclonal antibodies and remdesivir effective, while vaccine-associated myocarditis is rare
A trial of casirivimab plus imdevimab indicated it reduced risk of hospitalization or death, the CDC urged vaccination during pregnancy and updated its v-safe tool, and an analysis showed that postvaccine myocarditis occurred in men and resolved with conservative treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/05/1.htm
5 Oct 2021
New info, resources on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
ACP is offering an updated online learning activity and a podcast to help physicians learn about coronavirus. CME credit is free for members upon completion of either activity.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/03/1.htm
3 Mar 2020
NIH adds another antibody to recommended treatments, studies look at early cases, racial disparities
Recent COVID-19 news includes a new NIH recommendation and studies of the earliest U.S. cases, an experimental inpatient drug, and potential causes of racial disparities in outcomes.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/22/1.htm
22 Jun 2021
Boosters, convalescent plasma, long-term effects, and other COVID-19 news
Government officials announced that they plan to offer booster shots for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Convalescent plasma didn't improve outcomes for high-risk outpatients in a trial, and two studies reported long-term effects of hospitalization for COVID-19.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/24/1.htm
24 Aug 2021