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The World Health Organization (WHO) updated the public on the ongoing mysterious disease that is mainly affecting small children under 5 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Between October…

Image Credit: Chris John, PexelsHepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global health issue, causing millions of acute and chronic infections. HCV transmission can occur after sharing contaminated needles/syringes or other…

Contagion: How soon do you assess into clinical care and what are you looking for when changing treatments or step-down?Jones: Once we start seeing clinical stability in these patients, our…

Image credit: Gustavo Fring, PexelsOne new study shows 30% of preteens and teens who were in a cohort of young people with Long COVID were still struggling with the condition…

Despite the availability of curative treatments, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rates remain high, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A new study on long-acting (LA) antiviral therapies in…

Excluding C difficile from Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panels Reduces Unnecessary TreatmentA study at Mayo Clinic Arizona found that removing Clostridioides difficile from gastrointestinal pathogen panels (GIPP) reduced unnecessary treatments and improved…

Climate change is increasingly recognized as a factor in the spread of arboviruses, diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks. Viruses such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and West Nile are directly…

Image credit:pexels-shvetsa Adherence to in-patient treatment guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) was higher for antibiotic choice than for duration of treatment, in a study in Norway that found elevated C-reactive…

In collaboration with Contemporary Pediatrics and Contemporary OB/GYN, we are continuing our ongoing series of roundtables where we gather a group of clinicians together to talk about specific infectious disease…

In an interview with Alba Azola, MD, lead author of the AAPM&R autonomic dysfunction guidance statement and a member of the Johns Hopkins Post-Acute COVID-19 team, she emphasized several key…