Diseases and Treatment
Self-Reported and Objective Compliance for HCV Treatment Reflect Different Cure Rates
The HERO (Hepatitis C Real Options) study found that self-reported compliance with direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for HCV treatment in persons who inject...
How Disparities and Social Determinants of Health Can Affect Antimicrobial Stewardship
One of the emerging, important themes in public health and medicine is the discussion around social determinants of health and disparities as it...
FDA Approves Expanded Indication for HIV Therapy
The FDA has approved a new, expanded indication for bictegravir 50 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir alafenamide 25 mg tablets, B/F/TAF (Biktarvy) to treat people with...
Antiviral Reduces Time to Resolution of Symptoms in Mild to Moderate COVID-19
Japanese pharmaceutical company, Shionogi, recently announced results from their ongoing phase 3 study that showed their antiviral, ensitrelvir, was able to shorten the...
Microbiology Laboratory Strategies to Advance Antimicrobial Stewardship
In this article four experts from bioMérieux discuss microbiology strategies to advance antimicrobial stewardship, reflecting on a recent Xchat (Twitter Chat) on the topic.
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Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infections Across the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study utilized data from the CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) and the New Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN) to investigate Mycoplasma pneumoniae...