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December 15, 2015

Peripheral thermometers: Not so hot for detecting fever

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Peripheral thermometers, such as tympanic membrane, temporal artery, axillary, or oral thermometers, lack clinical accuracy and should not be used when precise measurement of core body...
December 9, 2015

Do statins affect the body’s response to vaccination?

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Use of statins may reduce the body’s response to influenza vaccination, as measured by antibody concentration, which could reduce vaccine effectiveness against acute respiratory illnesses,...
November 17, 2015

Acute bacterial skin infections: Vancomycin combo beats monotherapy

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Vancomycin plus clindamycin, compared with vancomycin monotherapy, resulted in reduced 90-day readmission rates for patients with acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections (ABSSSIs) and...
October 27, 2015

PrEP effective at preventing HIV in high-risk men

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Use of daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada—Gilead) by high-risk men who have sex with men reduced the relative risk of HIV infection by 86% compared with...
October 6, 2015

Infant pertussis: Infection from siblings on the rise

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Most infants with pertussis and a known source of infection contract this vaccine-preventable disease from their siblings, according to an analysis of enhanced pertussis surveillance data...

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