NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For pediatric influenza, a single inhalation of laninamivir octanoate is as safe and effective as 10 inhalations over five days of zanamivir, according…
Treatment, education and prevention have been the focus of the United States when it comes to addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. In 2003, the President’s Emergency Plan…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Individuals infected with HIV face an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to findings published in the May 22nd Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women may safely receive mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis, researchers from Switzerland report in the April 10th online Clinical Infectious Diseases. “Women who…
Influenza infection is a common reason children and teens are hospitalized in the United States each year. While the flu vaccine is safe and effective just over half…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An episode of herpes zoster is associated with an increased risk of developing anterior uveitis in the following year, according to the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Instillation of donor fecal material in the colon of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection leads to rapid resolution of the condition in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is a “rare but important” issue in adult emergency department patients, one that deserves closer attention, a team of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Empiric therapy in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with invasive Candida infections is associated with improved outcomes (less death and neurodevelopmental impairment),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of tenofovir in HIV-infected women during pregnancy is not associated with small-for-gestational age (SGA) or low birth weight (LBW) in their offspring,…