Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases Perspective

• Climate Change Is Nothing to Sneeze At The inextricable link between climate change and respiratory health was the focus of this year's American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and World Allergy Organization Joint Congress.
  Medscape Allergy & Immunology, March 2018
• This Novel, 1-Month Regimen to Prevent TB Is Practice-Changing   Dr Paul Sax reports on an intriguing two-drug regimen that could become the standard of care in preventing TB.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, March 2018
• Drug Safety Warnings and Updates: October-December 2017 Don't miss these important summaries of safety labeling changes and boxed warnings by the FDA for the fourth quarter of 2017.
  FDA Expert Commentaries and Interviews, February 2018
• Health Proverbs: A Kernel of Truth or Just Plain Corny? If health proverbs aren't true, why have they hung around for so long? See what you think of these long-standing aphorisms.
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 2018
• Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke and Ash: Lessons From California   Dr Robert Glatter speaks with environmental health expert Dr John Balmes about the health risks to the population during and after a major wildfire.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, January 2018
• Four Old Antimicrobials That Still Work Best These four antimicrobials aren't the newest, but they have staying power.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 2018
• More Diagnostic Errors in Patients With Pulmonary Symptoms These cases illustrate common diagnostic errors in patients presenting with pulmonary disease.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 2017
• Management of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute recommends management of IRIS without interruption of ART, except in life-threatening cases.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, December 2017
• Brucellosis: Patient History Is the Key   The symptoms are nonspecific, so patient history is critical to the identification of brucellosis.
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 2017
• Assessing Zika Risk in International Travelers   Travelers need to be educated about their risks and decide which they are willing to accept.
  CDC Expert Commentary, November 2017
• Why Quarantine 'Makes No Sense' in Controlling HIV   Controversy spurred by comments from Georgia state representative Dr Betty Price on HIV is addressed by Dr Paul Sax.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, October 2017
• What's It Like to Be an Infection Prevention Nurse? Being an infection prevention and control nurse is challenging enough, but imagine doing this work in a prison setting. This nurse is up to the challenge.
  Medscape Nurses, October 2017
• Abraham Verghese: 'Revolution' Starts at Bedside Restoring the physical nature of the physician-patient relationship could benefit both patients and their 'healers,' says author Dr Abraham Verghese.
  Medscape, October 2017
• Controversial Physicians Seeking Medical Breakthroughs The path to medical discovery is paved with brilliant minds, novel experiments, and -- at times -- controversy. We review leading researchers whose questionable choices cloud their iconic status.
  Medscape, October 2017
• Tuberculosis: Osmosis Study Video   This video covers the pathophysiology of tuberculosis infection, as well as important complications, signs and symptoms, tests and procedures, and treatment.
  Osmosis, September 2017
• Typhoid Vaccine: New Hope for 'Urgent Problem'? Lack of vaccine access--and now antibiotic resistance--make typhoid fever particularly deadly for the most vulnerable. What is the hold-up?
  Medscape Public Health, August 2017
• Presidential Health: Secrets, Surprises, and Controversies How much do you know about the history of presidential health?
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 2017
• The Environment and ASD Risk: Putting It Together What do we know about the triad of genes, the environment, and autism?
  Medscape Pediatrics, July 2017
• New WHO Director Tedros--Time for Change at WHO
  Medscape Public Health, July 2017
• Dilemma: A Competent Patient Who Refuses Recommended Treatment A bioethicist on how to approach patients who refuse life-saving healthcare.
  Medscape Psychiatry, July 2017