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Nasopharyngeal microbiota seem to serve as a valid proxy for lower respiratory tract microbiota in lower respiratory tract infections among children

Nasopharyngeal Microbiota Could Help Diagnose Pediatric LRTIs

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Research suggests nasopharyngeal microbiota can be valid proxy for lower respiratory tract microbiota
Practicing physicians might not understand their legal responsibilities when caring for people with disability

Doctors Unclear on Legal Obligations in Caring for Patients With Disability

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Doctors report having little formal training, have incorrect understanding of care for patients with disability
Based on active surveillance data of acute respiratory illness

CDC: 2017 to 2018 Saw Increase in Enterovirus D68 Detection

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EV-D68 detected in 13.9 percent of patients with acute respiratory illness in 2018
Therapeutic ball pits in physical therapy clinics may pose an infection hazard

Therapeutic Ball Pits Found to Harbor Pathogenic Germs

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Ball pits show wide variability in microbial colonization of infection-causing microorganisms
Physicians with one or more paid malpractice claims are more likely to leave practice or shift into smaller practice settings

Doctors With Malpractice Claims More Likely to Leave Medicine

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Physicians with five or more malpractice claims more than twice as likely to go into solo practice
The drug artesunate -- the World Health Organization-recommended first-line treatment for severe malaria -- will become the first-line treatment for severe malaria in the United States

Guidance Lists New First-Line Treatment for Severe Malaria in the U.S.

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With discontinuation of quinidine, IV artesunate is now first-line drug for treatment of malaria
The 2019 healthiest community in America is Douglas County

Douglas County, Colorado, Ranked as Healthiest Community

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Seven of top 20 communities were in Colorado; nearly all adults in these counties exercise
There have been at least 314 reported cases of measles in the United States so far this year

U.S. Measles Cases Hit 314 This Year

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Meanwhile, Rockland County, New York, declares state of emergency over measles outbreak
The outcomes of kidney transplants in patients with viral suppression are as good as those for kidney transplants in patients not infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus

HBV, HCV Control Aids Kidney Transplant Outcomes

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Patients with viral suppression have outcomes similar to those of noninfected patients
The 2019 Main Residency Match was the largest in history

2019 Residency Match Day Was Largest in History

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Internal medicine programs offered a record 8,116 categorical, 396 primary care positions