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U.S. Life Expectancy Makes Post-Pandemic Rise
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29, 2023 – With fewer Americans dying from COVID in 2022, U.S. life expectancy rebounded a bit from declines experienced during the pandemic. According to provisional data from the...
Air Filters Probably Won't Cut Your Odds for Illness: Study
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 – Air filters might help keep the air in your home fresh, but a new review finds they don’t appear to reduce your risk of catching an airborne virus. Technologies designed to m...
FDA Approves DefenCath (taurolidine and heparin) to Reduce the Incidence of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Adult Hemodialysis Patients
Berkeley Heights, NJ – November 15, 2023 – CorMedix Inc. (Nasdaq: CRMD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic products for the prevention and treatment of ...
Frustration with CDC Advisors Who Recommend Masks in Hospitals Without Naming Type
MONDAY, Nov. 6, 2023 – Advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have voted to recommend that health providers wear masks during routine care for patients who are thought to be...
CDC Advisors Recommend Masks in Hospitals Without Naming Type
MONDAY, Nov. 6, 2023 – Advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have voted to recommend that health providers wear masks during routine care for patients who are thought to be...
Infection Control Recommendations for Hospitals Not Well Received
FRIDAY, Nov. 3, 2023 – Advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to approve new draft guidelines for hospital infection control this week, the first update since...
Critics Slam Updated Infection Control Recommendations for Hospitals
FRIDAY, Nov. 3, 2023 – Advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to approve new draft guidelines for hospital infection control this week, the first update since...
Infectious Diseases Society of America, Oct. 11-15
The annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America was held this year from Oct. 11 to 15 in Boston and attracted participants from around the world, including scientists, physicians,...
IVIg Reduces Infection Rate in Multiple Myeloma Patients Receiving Anti-BCMA Therapy
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 – Many patients with multiple myeloma treated with anti-B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) therapy have infections, and the rate of infections is significantly lower when...
COVID-19 Infection, Vaccination Have Little Effect on Migraine Worsening
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 – COVID-19 infection and vaccination have a negligible effect on migraine worsening, despite patient reports of migraine worsening, according to a study published online Oct....
Germs Love Two Skin 'Hot Spots' on Your Body
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 – Grandma knew it all along: Certain places on the body are "hot spots" for unhealthy microbes. That notion — which the authors of a new study dubbed “the grandma hypothesis,” af...
COVID Triggered More Cases of Deadly Sepsis During Pandemic Than Thought
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 – The life-threatening infection sepsis was more common than once thought among COVID-19 patients early in the pandemic. Massachusetts researchers linked SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
New Antibiotic Ceftobiprole Could Help Fight Resistant Staph Infections
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 – New research shows that an antibiotic effective for bacterial pneumonia also appears to fight treatment-resistant staph infections. The drug is ceftobiprole. It appeared...
How to Care for a New Body Piercing
SUNDAY, Sept. 24, 2023 – Piercings can be a fun way to express yourself, but they can also cause complications — particularly in areas that aren’t the earlobes — and need proper care. “The first step...
FDA Approves Fetroja (cefiderocol) for the Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
November 14, 2019 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fetroja (cefiderocol), an antibacterial drug for treatment of patients 18 years of age or older with complicated urinary...
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