Steep Rise in U.S. Drug Prices Tied to Patent Monopolies
Letting Medicare and Medicaid negotiate pricing would likely help bring costs down, researchers say
Donor Fecal Microbiota Transplant Effective for C. difficile Infection
Donor stool safe, more efficacious than autologous transplantation in preventing C. difficile
Imaging Shows Zika-Linked Congenital Brain Abnormalities
Images of the brains of Brazilian newborns and fetuses suggest the virus affects multiple sites
ACA Has Increased Rx Drug Use, Cut Out-of-Pocket Spending
Larger decreases in out-of-pocket spending for those who gained coverage and had chronic conditions
Slight Decline in U.S. Prevalence of Latent TB From 2000 to 2011
Higher risk groups include foreign born, close contact with TB case, certain racial/ethnic groups
CDC Updates Guidance on Infants With Congenital Zika
Recommendations for initial evaluation and testing of infants born to mothers with possible Zika
Opt-Out Provisions Up Parent Support for HPV Requirement
Race/ethnicity, attitudes about HPV vaccine linked to odds of agreeing with school-entry HPV requirements
Both Concomitant, Sequential Treatment Effective for H. pylori
Eradication rates similar in areas with high resistance to clarithromycin
Research Offers Insight Into Zika Virus Transmission to Placenta
Permissive Zika virus infection of primary human placental macrophages, fibroblasts demonstrated
Antimicrobial Tx Duration Often Exceeds Recommendations
Antimicrobials often prescribed for a longer duration than guideline recommendations
