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California Bill to Tighten Vaccine Exemptions Moves Forward
State public health officials would have the authority to decide which children qualify for medical exemptions
Decline in Heart Failure Mortality Rates Offset by Comorbidities
Treatments focused only on cardiovascular outcomes insufficient for improving heart failure patient survival
Choosing Wisely: How to Implement in Clinical Practice
Strategies to improve chance of success include familiarization with evidence behind recs
Pfizer Warns of Looming Shortage of Long-Acting Penicillin for Children
Company says there is impending shortages of Bicillin, with pediatric versions of the shot likely to run out by the end of June
WHO: Congo Ebola Outbreak Still Not a Global Emergency
Outbreak, which began on Aug. 1, 2018, is second deadliest in history
Emergency Measure Will Get More Respirators to U.S. Health Care Workers
Currently, most respirators are approved for use only in industrial settings
January 2018 Briefing – Infectious Disease
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Infectious Disease for January 2018. This roundup includes the...
Statin Use Found Beneficial in Hepatitis C Treatment
Improved virologic response rates, decreased liver fibrosis progression, HCC incidence
Zika Virus Found to Cause Testicular Atrophy in Mice
Study authors unsure if virus can harm human fertility
Cutaneous Beta-HPV May Up Risk for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Beta-HPV detected in skin swabs may predict cuSCC risk, but no link seen for serologic evidence of past beta-HPV infection
