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Are Travellers Hearing Malaria Health Advice?

News December 12, 2018

Health advice to people travelling to countries where malaria is prevalent may need to be better targeted to reduce the number of cases being imported into the UK, a study has found.
A&E Perspective: I Don't Like Mondays

Commentary December 11, 2018
NHS Scotland's December 2018 Funding Decisions

News December 10, 2018

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Almost Half of Americans to Skip Flu Shot This Year

Medscape Medical News December 6, 2018

Top reasons cited for not getting vaccinated include a lack of confidence in the flu vaccine, concern about side effects from the vaccine, or just thinking they will not get the flu.
Rotavirus Is Still With Us--How to Prevent an Outbreak

CDC Expert Commentary December 3, 2018
Continuing Shingrix Vaccine Shortage Challenging Physicians, Patients

Medscape Medical News November 21, 2018

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Medication Omission Common Cause of Fatal Med Errors

Medscape Medical News December 12, 2018
Scientists to Test Tailor-Made Vaccine Tech to Fight Epidemics

Reuters Health Information December 11, 2018
S. Sudan Health Workers to Get Ebola Shots as Congo Outbreak Grows

Reuters Health Information December 11, 2018
HIV-2 Is Deadlier Than Thought, Despite Slower Progression to AIDS

Reuters Health Information December 11, 2018
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Higher Than Expected Contamination Rates Found With Duodenoscopes After Reprocessing, FDA Warns

News Alerts December 11, 2018
Parental Leave Policies Fall Short for Med School Residents

Medscape Medical News December 11, 2018
CDC Says 9 More People Added to E.Coli Infection Investigation

Reuters Health Information December 11, 2018
Engineered Human-Tissue Platform Could Speed Vaccine Testing

Reuters Health Information December 9, 2018

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Rotavirus Is Still With Us--How to Prevent an Outbreak

Commentary December 3, 2018

Rotavirus outbreaks can affect almost anyone--healthy and unhealthy, young and old, vaccinated and unvaccinated.
Doctor and Nurse Among Those Shot at Pittsburgh Synagogue

Essay November 2, 2018

Two of the victims in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting rampage in Pittsburgh were gifted clinicians, and their kindness and devotion while ministering to their patients made them beloved to the author.
ANAC 2018

Conference Coverage November 1, 2018
HIV 2018

Conference Coverage October 18, 2018

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Offit on Vaccines Paul A. Offit, MD

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Increase in Acute Flaccid Myelitis -- United States, 2018

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report December 12, 2018
Detection of Tickborne Relapsing Fever Spirochete

Emerging Infectious Diseases December 10, 2018
Houston Consensus Conference on H. pylori Infection Testing

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology December 10, 2018
RSV Infection in Infancy and Risk of Childhood Asthma

Southern Medical Journal December 7, 2018
Impact of a HCV Clinical Care Coordination Program on Cure

Journal of Viral Hepatitis December 7, 2018
Cost-Effectiveness of PrEP for HIV Prevention for Conception

AIDS December 6, 2018

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Medscape Report 2018 Salaries: Is Yours Above Average?

Physician Business Academy Course Medical Practice and the Law: Navigating Legal Issues in Medicine

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Medscape Exclusive 2018 Physicians’ Choice: Top Hospitals Key Conditions and Procedures

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Fast Five Quiz: HIV Recognition and Diagnosis

Interactive Quiz November 29, 2018

Are you able to recognize and diagnose HIV infection using best practices and the latest guidelines? Refresh and test your knowledge with this short quiz.
A 65-Year-Old Woman With Dizziness After Colonoscopy

Case Challenge November 12, 2018
Fast Five Quiz: Common Food Poisoning Pathogens

Interactive Quiz November 12, 2018
Fast Five Quiz: Common Rashes

Interactive Quiz November 8, 2018

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ANAC 2018

November 8-10, 2018 Denver, Colorado
HIV 2018

October 28-31, 2018 Glasgow, United Kingdom
IDWeek 2018

October 3-7, 2018 San Francisco, California

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Generic Drug Price-Fixing Inquiry Reportedly Widens to 300 Drugs

Medscape Medical News December 11, 2018

Connecticut official says the companies involved were essentially acting as a cartel.
Parental Leave Policies Fall Short for Med School Residents

Medscape Medical News December 11, 2018
Thinking of Switching EHRs? Read This First

Medscape Business of Medicine December 11, 2018
VA Hospitals Beat Non-VA on Many Quality Measures

Medscape Medical News December 10, 2018

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