Medscape Blogs - Infectious Diseases

• This SCOTUS Endangers Us All We're all at greater risk for death from gun violence thanks to this SCOTUS.
  Medscape Blogs, July 07, 2022
• Betrayed by a Reactionary SCOTUS SCOTUS's regressive decisions will lead to many needless deaths, particularly of women.
  Medscape Blogs, June 30, 2022
• Monkeypox and COVID: Public Health Has to Increase Trust Public health messaging on monkeypox is full of helpful guidance. Using similar "harm reduction" messaging for COVID could increase trust.
  Medscape Blogs, June 28, 2022
• We Should Vaccinate Gay and Bisexual Men for Monkeypox Now The nonendemic outbreak of monkeypox among men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to spread: We have a ready intervention (the monkeypox vaccine), and it's time to mass vaccinate MSM.
  Medscape Blogs, June 23, 2022
• 3 Things You Shouldn't Say When Asking For An ID Consult Every provider has a list of pet peeves when it comes to communication.
  Medscape Blogs, June 22, 2022
• Physicians, Why Are We So Bad At Self-care? Physicians need to practice self-care more than ever, but many of us don't. Why not?
  Medscape Blogs, June 08, 2022
• Novavax and Covaxin: What You Need to Know An ID specialist looks in to the new COVID vaccines Novavax and Covaxin and how they may help with vaccine hesitancy.
  Medscape Blogs, June 06, 2022
• Why Monkeypox and Why Now? There has never been a monkeypox outbreak so big and so spread out. Why is it happening just now, while we're still struggling with COVID-19? Is there any link between the two diseases?
  Medscape Blogs, June 03, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccines Work Better Than Expected COVID vaccines are said to "wane" in efficacy but that refers to only one arm of the immune system.
  Medscape Blogs, May 27, 2022
• The History Behind the Current Monkeypox Outbreak There are now more than 100 cases of monkeypox in Europe, Canada, and the United States.
  Medscape Blogs, May 24, 2022
• Online Physician Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly More patients are finding their healthcare providers online on the basis of physician reviews and ratings. But what if those results are completely misleading or inaccurate?
  Medscape Blogs, May 11, 2022
• Think About Antibiotics Like We Think About Chemotherapy Healthcare providers can be somewhat cavalier about ordering antibiotics. Maybe if we thought about antibiotics like we think about chemotherapy, we'd do better with our prescribing practices.
  Medscape Blogs, April 27, 2022
• New Books on Medicine A few recommendations to fill your nightstand with interesting medicine-related books.
  Medscape Blogs, April 25, 2022
• The Gridiron Club Dinner Was a Predictable Superspreader Event Relying on people being "thoughtful about their own risks and the risks they pose to others" is absurd and throws the vulnerable under the bus.
  Medscape Blogs, April 13, 2022
• Run Into a Rabid Animal? What to Know Rabid animals are a summertime hazard. Here's how to protect yourself.
  Medscape Blogs, April 11, 2022
• Women in Medicine: Burned Out and Fed Up It's not surprising that women physicians report higher rates of burnout than their male counterparts. But it may be less well-recognized that many of us are also more embittered than ever.
  Medscape Blogs, April 06, 2022
• On the Receiving End of Care It's better to be giving care than receiving it.
  Medscape Blogs, April 05, 2022
• I Ditched My White Coat During COVID Lots of medical providers have chosen to forgo formal attire and white coats for more casual dress at work. But has this contributed to a level of informality that can affect patient care?
  Medscape Blogs, March 23, 2022
• Why Are Women Disappearing From Research Careers? Despite being a majority in the lecture halls, women gradually disappear from biomedical research as they go up the academic ranks. How can this be prevented?
  Medscape Blogs, March 18, 2022
• Politicians Overrule Board of Health's Medical Officer Politics trumps science once again.
  Medscape Blogs, March 17, 2022