Medscape Blogs - Infectious Diseases

• Is Bacterial Resistance the Next Pandemic? Fears that a new health policy in the UK increases the risk of emerging bacteria resistance is just one sign that we are still not doing things right.
  Medscape Blogs, November 21, 2022
• Burned Out? Maybe It's Time for a Medical Sabbatical What if a medical sabbatical could offer physicians both recovery and rejuvenation?
  Medscape Blogs, November 14, 2022
• How Does Cellular Immunity Work? Cellular immunity and antibodies are both key to the vaccine and booster response for COVID-19.
  Medscape Blogs, October 28, 2022
• CDC's New Mask Guideline Says Vulnerable People Are Expendable A Friday-night news dump shows that the CDC knew what they are doing was bad.
  Medscape Blogs, October 14, 2022
• Playing the Fat Shame Game in Medicine: It Needs to Stop We know that weight stigma is a serious issue that affects the physical health and psychological well-being of our patients. So why are we, as healthcare providers, part of the problem?
  Medscape Blogs, October 13, 2022
• Is Another COVID-19 Booster Really Needed? Do we need to keep vaccinating against COVID-19? If so, for how long? Let's take a look at the numbers.
  Medscape Blogs, October 05, 2022
• Medical Misinformation Harms Us All Medical misinformation threatens the health of us all, especially when healthcare providers are part of the problem.
  Medscape Blogs, September 29, 2022
• The Pandemic Is NOT Over Biden betrayed the public by saying the pandemic is over.
  Medscape Blogs, September 27, 2022
• Polio Making a Comeback in the US Poliovirus is spreading in the wastewater in New York City, and the United States has already seen one case of paralytic polio. We cannot accept a low vaccination rate.
  Medscape Blogs, September 19, 2022
• Why Is It So Hard to Accurately Diagnose and Treat UTIs? Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are considered common, but they are often inaccurately diagnosed and inappropriately treated. As medical providers and antimicrobial stewards, we need to do better.
  Medscape Blogs, September 15, 2022
• One Thing You Can Do to Be a Better Antimicrobial Steward The World Health Organization has declared that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top ten global public health threats. So what can you do to become a better antimicrobial steward?
  Medscape Blogs, September 01, 2022
• Monkeypox, Langya, and, Yes, COVID-19 Although COVID-19 is still running rampant, the focus seems to be slowly switching to other infectious diseases that may be spreading faster than expected. How much should we worry?
  Medscape Blogs, August 24, 2022
• Global HIV Goals Suffer Major Setbacks During COVID-19 This year's status update by UNAIDS on the HIV epidemic worldwide gives cause for concern.
  Medscape Blogs, August 22, 2022
• CDC Abdicates Responsibility With its new COVID guidelines the CDC has forgotten about the "prevention" in both its name and its mission.
  Medscape Blogs, August 18, 2022
• For Many Infections, Source Control Is Key Source control is a primary component of successful management for many infections. Why, then, is it so hard for providers to talk about getting it done?
  Medscape Blogs, August 10, 2022
• Update on Worldwide Monkeypox Outbreak The nonendemic outbreak of monkeypox among men who have sex with men (MSM) started on May 13, 2022, and is now a global health emergency -- so, time for an update.
  Medscape Blogs, July 28, 2022
• Reflecting On Pride Month 2022: Love Is Love Pride Month 2022 has passed, but its significance has not. Love is love, no matter the season.
  Medscape Blogs, July 26, 2022
• Abortion Laws Deny Treatments Needed for Autoimmune Disease Methotrexate, a first-line treatment for autoimmune diseases, is being denied to some patients since SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade.
  Medscape Blogs, July 21, 2022
• BA.4 and BA.5 Subvariants: A Short Primer The success of BA.4 and BA.5 spread is due to their ability to evade antibodies in the nose and mouth. But cellular immunity will get them in the end.
  Medscape Blogs, July 12, 2022
• Long-acting Treatment and Prevention of HIV Are Here Advances in long-acting treatment and prevention for HIV are changing the way we treat our patients.
  Medscape Blogs, July 08, 2022