Medications
Counterfeit pills fuel rising number of fatal drug overdoses
A growing number of overdose deaths in the United States involve counterfeit pills, health officials reported Thursday.
Sep 1, 2023
0
2
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Almost 3,000 cases of West Nile virus reported in U.S. in 2021
In 2021, there were 3,035 reports of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) in the United States, including 2,911 caused by West Nile virus, according to research published in the August 25 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Aug 29, 2023
0
1
Surgery
Opportunities exist for improving hospital-based sepsis programs with new CDC guidance
There are opportunities for improving the structure of hospital-based sepsis programs to optimize patient outcomes, and new guidance has been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called Hospital Sepsis ...
Aug 29, 2023
0
7
Pediatrics
Report: US kids' HPV vaccination rate has stalled
For the first time in a decade, the rate at which American adolescents received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has not increased, new data show.
Aug 25, 2023
0
1
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long COVID symptoms can emerge months after infection
Long COVID can persist for at least a year after the acute illness has passed, or appear months later, according to the most comprehensive look yet at how symptoms play out over a year.
Aug 10, 2023
0
60
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
3 LA county deaths show flea-borne typhus is on the rise
Los Angeles county is seeing more cases of flea-borne typhus, with 171 cases and three deaths reported in 2022, health officials reported Thursday.
Aug 4, 2023
0
6
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Travel-linked dengue cases in US peaked in 2019: Report
About 20 percent of the 7,528 confirmed or probable travel-associated U.S. dengue cases reported during 2010 to 2021 occurred in 2019, according to research published in the July 28 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Jul 28, 2023
0
22
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nearly a half-million Americans might have tick-borne meat allergy syndrome
Tick bites can cause crippling infections like Lyme disease in humans, but new research suggests they can also trigger a serious meat allergy in far more Americans than thought.
Jul 27, 2023
0
46
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Prevalence of arthritis 305 per 100,000 children, teens in U.S.
The prevalence of arthritis is 305 per 100,000 children and adolescents in the United States, with higher prevalence among non-Hispanic Black or African American versus non-Hispanic White children and adolescents, according ...
Jul 21, 2023
0
30
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
251 cases of soft tick relapsing fever reported in 2012 to 2021
During 2012 to 2021, 251 cases of soft tick relapsing fever (STRF), caused by certain Borrelia spirochetes and transmitted to humans by soft-bodied Ornithodoros ticks, were reported in 11 states, according to research published ...
Jul 21, 2023
0
7
