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5 things to know about C. auris in 2023

March 29, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments C. Auris, CDC, Healthcare Facilities

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) The CDC has recently called attention to the growing threat posed by Candida

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New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Arlene Sharp 0 Comments CDC, Opiods, Presecription drugs

By Sam Whitehead and Andy Miller for Kaiser Health News on March 15, 2023 Jessica Layman estimates she has called

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Medicare for all … of East Palestine?

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments ACA, CDC, East Palestine, EPA, HHS, Medicare for All

(By Sarah Owermohle for STAT) WASHINGTON — Nearly three weeks after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spewing toxic

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XBB.1.5’s transmissibility, severity: 4 Qs answered

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments CDC, COVID-19, COVID-19 Variant

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) Health officials are keeping a close eye on omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 due to

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Three years on, the pandemic — and our response — have been jolting. Here’s what even the experts didn’t see coming

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 Arlene Sharp 0 Comments CDC, COVID-19, pandemic

By Helen Branswell for Stat News on December 27, 2022 People who study infectious diseases and who work in public

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New CDC opioid guidelines emphasize flexibility in treating pain

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments CDC, Opioid Guidelines, Pain management

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) Federal health officials on Thursday updated their recommendations for using opioids to treat pain, removing

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With hospitalizations ticking up, flu season appears off to an early start

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments CDC, Flu season

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) There are increasing signs that flu season is off to a very early start in

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US low on amoxicillin

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Amoxicillin, CDC, Drug Shortages

(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review) The infection antibiotic amoxicillin is in short supply among at least three drugmakers,

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‘An imminent threat’: Polio found in another New York county

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Eileen Cook 0 Comments CDC, New York, Polio

(Cailey Gleeson for Beccker’s Hospital Review) The CDC has detected polio in four wastewater samples from Sullivan County in New

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