Pneumonia News

• ESOC 2023 Preventive Antipyretics, Antibiotics Not Needed in Stroke Prophylactic use of antiemetic, antipyretic, or antibiotic drugs in older patients with acute stroke did not reduce the risk of a poor functional outcome in the PRECIOUS trial.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2023
• Using 'Green' Buses Could Up School Attendance Switching to greener, cleaner, and more reliable buses may cut down on student absences.
  Quick Take, May 31, 2023
• Long COVID Treatment Not 'One-Size-Fits-All' Despite common symptoms that former hospitalized and nonhospitalized long COVID patients share, the researchers found notable differences between the groups.
  WebMD Health News, April 26, 2023
• FDA Panel Backs Innoviva's Drug for Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections The panel on Monday unanimously voted in favor of Innoviva's experimental antibiotic in the treatment of serious bacterial infections, typically associated with hospitalizations, the company said.
  Reuters Health Information, April 17, 2023
• Forgotten but Not Gone: EVALI Epidemic Continues Patients are still suffering from the effects of lung damage linked to vaping, and have been largely ignored by researchers and the US government.
  Medscape Medical News, April 17, 2023
• High-Dose Anticoagulation Aids Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia Compared to standard dosing, a high-dose anticoagulation regimen failed to impact mortality, but significantly reduced thrombosis risk.
  Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2023
• NOVIDS: Do Some Have the Genes to Dodge COVID? While some scientists cringe at the term, NOVID has caught on to describe these virus super-dodgers.
  WebMD Health News, March 16, 2023
• Chinese Doctor Who Blew the Whistle on SARS Dies at 91 A Chinese military doctor who exposed the full extent of the SARS epidemic when it ripped through Beijing in 2003 has died at the age of 91, according to his friends and local media reports.
  Reuters Health Information, March 15, 2023
• Pfizer Ready to Launch RSV Vaccines for Older Adults, Pregnant Women in US, Europe Pfizer is ready to launch its respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for both older adults and pregnant women in the United States and Europe later this year, executives said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, March 10, 2023
• CLL Treatment: More Infections Among Real-World Patients A high rate of severe infections was seen in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or B-cell lymphoma who were taking ibrutinib (Imbruvica), idelalisib (Zydelig), or venetoclax (Venclexta).
  MDedge News, March 09, 2023
• Be Vigilant for Measles, Pediatric Dermatologist Advises Measles often starts behind the ears, and the eruption can look a lot like a drug eruption, says Dr Adelaide Hebert.
  MDedge News, March 07, 2023
• AAP Approves 2023 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule Minor changes and additions to annual ACIP recommendations affected vaccines for COVID-19; dengue fever; pneumococcal disease; and measles, mumps, and rubella.
  Medscape Medical News, February 09, 2023
• A Technicality Could Keep RSV Shots From Kids in Need The Vaccines for Children program, which buys more than half the pediatric vaccines in the United States, may not cover the RSV shot for babies because it's not technically a vaccine.
  Kaiser Health News, February 06, 2023
• Flu, Other Common Viruses Linked to Neurologic Conditions Researchers found 22 links between viruses and common neurologic conditions often seen in older people.
  WebMD Health News, January 24, 2023
• Treatments Help Long-term Outcomes of Critical COVID Illness Use of interleukin 6 receptor antagonists and antiplatelet agents was associated with better survival rates and higher quality of life at 6 months.
  Medscape Medical News, January 11, 2023
• How Can We Deal With the Triple Winter Epidemic? Hospitals find themselves in an unprecedented and worrisome situation. What solutions should be considered?
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2022
• FDA Serotonin Syndrome Warning Unnecessary? Although the antibiotic linezolid carries a warning against its use by patients taking antidepressants, owing to risk for serotonin syndrome, new research suggests that that concern may be unnecessary.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2022
• Ohio Measles Outbreak Grows, Fueled By Vaccine Hesitancy Most of the children infected were unvaccinated but were old enough to get the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shot.
  WebMD Health News, December 20, 2022
• Vaccinating Pregnant Women Protects Infants Against Severe RSV The vaccine RSVpreF had an almost 82% efficacy against severe RSV infection in infants from birth through the first 90 days of life, according to company data.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2022
• SABCS 2022 T-DXd: 'Remarkable' Survival Gains in Advanced Breast Cancer The antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan continues to show impressive progression-free and overall survival gains in previously treated unresectable and/or metastatic HER2+ breast cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2022