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Toxic Skin Effects Common With EGFR-TKI Use in NSCLC

Afatinib therapy linked to earlier paronychia onset; more dermatological visits for skin toxic effects
Many cases of life-threatening sepsis could be recognized and treated long before they cause severe illness or death

CDC Urges Prevention, Early Recognition of Sepsis

Know the signs of extreme response to infection; consider it a medical emergency

COVID-19 Cases Surge in Los Angeles County as Delta Variant Spreads

Across California, the rate of COVID-19 tests that are positive has tripled since the state fully reopened last month

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for latent tuberculosis infection in adults at increased risk. These findings form the basis of a draft recommendation statement

USPSTF Urges Screening for Adults at High Risk of Latent TB

Grade B recommendation issued in draft recommendation statement on latent TB infection
Black Medicare recipients are nearly four times more likely and Hispanics are nearly two times more likely than whites to be hospitalized with COVID-19

Black, Hispanic Medicare Patients Much More Likely to Be Hospitalized With COVID-19

And, risk for hospitalization for COVID-19 highest among Medicare recipients with advanced kidney disease

Flu-Related Hospitalization Rates Higher for Indigenous People

Across high-income nations, higher disparities seen during the pandemic

The U.S. health care system is one of the least efficient worldwide based on a Bloomberg index that assesses life expectancy

U.S. Health Care System Is One of the Least Efficient Worldwide

America ranked 50 out of 55 countries in 2014, according to a Bloomberg index

FDA Panel Backs RSV Vaccine for Infants, Some Toddlers

Monoclonal antibody shot would protect against RSV in infants born during or entering their first RSV season

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Survey IDs Challenges of Health Care Environmental Hygiene

50 of 51 health care facilities surveyed lacking in some or all of the five components of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene strategy

In a position paper published online March 28 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

ACP Issues Challenge to Cut Task Burden and Put Patients First

American College of Physicians details policy recommendations to reduce administrative burden