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Investigators compared the 2010 and 2017 IDSA and SHEA guidelines to identify which better predicted C diff patients’ severity and mortality.

The past few years have seen emerging therapies, but the tragedies of 2020 have only amplified the healthcare inequalities associated with sickle cell care.

The new federal asthma management guidelines mark the first update of the guidance since 2007.

Many patients with paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder are misdiagnosed, and instead believe they are dealing with asthma. But in many cases, their symptoms do not respond to therapies.

New research adds to the case that some children are genetically more susceptible to allergic disease.

The investigators called their findings the “opposite of what was expected.”

The study reports that risk is greater in female patients and those born small for gestational age. However, overall causality is still uncertain.

The study authors wrote that understanding this phenomena can lead to determining the best therapeutic strategy with DAAs for certain patients.

Cabotegravir’s FDA breakthrough designation along with adaptive strategies being deployed are the biggest stories in HIV prevention this year.

A discussion with a survey researcher on the 35% of US adults who state they won't get the vaccine this season.

Patients with any presence of small vessel disease had a 2-times greater risk of recurrent ischemic stroke than those without.

Hepatitis B coinfection with COVID-19 did not increase either disease’s severity or increase duration of hospitalization, according to a small study in China.

Using French data, there were 3 times as many deaths from COVID-19 than the Flu in France, despite a shorter study time.

Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles Rice were awarded with the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

The agency is expected to rule on the Novartis treatment in 2021.

The FDA approvals of biologics for atopic dermatitis and psoriasis have ushered in a new era for the once-stagnant field of pediatric dermatology.

Telemedicine visits for opioid use disorder increased from 0.48% in week 1 to 23.53% in week 13 in 2020.

Approval allows Almirall to move forward with the topical ointment for individuals with AK on the face or scalp.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the US has shown its lessening interest in mitigating the more manageable virus, influenza. Is there a chance to change course?

Preschool children with asthma, food allergies, and pollen/fur or dust mite allergies are at increased risk of having concurrent mental health problems.

GalSafe pigs may potentially be used as a source of medical products, free of detectable alpha-gal sugar.

Long-term care facility residents and healthcare workers will receive the first of millions prepared doses in the US.

Researchers from USC propose a direct neurotoxic effect of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm.

Living longer because of antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV (PWH) need to be counseled for age-related medical issues, and may also be eligible for newer ART. However, social determinants, stigma about the virus, and continuum of care issues remain challenges to many within the PWH population.

More studies are needed to examine other methods of ADHD assessments.