Infectious Disease

Genetic sequencing linked the infection to bacteria from a breast pump used at home

In two-part vote, panel voted 10 to 2 in favor of the vaccine's safety and unanimously on the shot's effectiveness

The 11-year-old girl and her father both got the virus from poultry, international health authorities say

Doctors say they are rethinking their decision to enter medicine, citing understaffing, paperwork, insurance hassles as major reasons why

Pfizer has reported that its vaccine would reduce risk from RSV by as much as 86 percent

Eight-week treatment noninferior to standard regimen for composite of death, ongoing treatment, active disease at week 96

Plasma D-dimer had comparable accuracy to CRP, ESR, fibrinogen for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection in patients with revision hip or knee arthroplasty

High accuracy seen for four volatile organic compounds, which decreased when biomarkers were applied to omicron variant

59 percent of individuals had organ impairment at one year; breathlessness, cognitive dysfunction, poor HRQoL also common

Outcomes for hospital length of stay, 30-day mortality, 30-day graft loss similar for nucleic acid test-positive and -negative donors