Infectious Diseases
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COVID-19 vaccines: Preparing for patient questions
Opinion
Can a health care worker refuse the COVID-19 vaccine?
Can hospitals require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19?
News
New tool may provide point-of-care differentiation between bacterial, viral infections
Early results suggest high diagnostic accuracy at low cost.
News
C. difficile control could require integrated approach
Australian researchers call for a One Health approach to limit spread.
News
New child COVID-19 cases down in last weekly count
The number of new U.S. cases reported during the week ending Dec. 3 fell for the first time since late September.
News
COVID-19 and risk of clotting: ‘Be proactive about prevention’
"We believe a systematic way of addressing this risk is best, with every patient hospitalized with COVID-19 receiving some type of...
Clinical
Excess antibiotics and adverse events in patients with pneumonia
Do longer courses of antibiotics given to patients hospitalized with pneumonia result in higher rates of adverse events?
Clinical
Assessing the impact of glucocorticoids on COVID-19 mortality
Glucocorticoids can benefit patients with significantly elevated C-reactive protein.
News
PPE shortage crisis continues at most hospitals, survey shows
News
Infant’s COVID-19–related myocardial injury reversed
Children hospitalized for COVID-19 should be tested for heart failure based on a case report of an infant with COVID-19 and reversible myocardial...