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What Do Hospitalists Need to Know About Monkeypox?
June 24, 2022
What is monkeypox? Monkeypox is a rare infection caused by the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae. The Orthopoxvirus genus also includes...
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COVID-19 antibody tests proliferate, but what do they show?
April 23, 2020
“Having many inaccurate tests is worse than having no tests at all,” one critic says.
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CDC begins coronavirus diagnostic test kit distribution; new case confirmed in Wisconsin
February 5, 2020
Today, the test kits will start shipping to over 100 U.S. public health labs.
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Echoes of SARS mark 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak
January 28, 2020
One-third of patients hospitalized for 2019 novel coronavirus infection required ICU admission, and six of the 41 (15%) died.
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CDC: Five confirmed 2019-nCoV cases in the U.S.
January 27, 2020
At this time in the United States, the virus is not spreading in the community.
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Wuhan virus: What clinicians need to know
January 26, 2020
“It’s not good enough to just download CDC’s guidance; use it to make your own local plan and know what to do 24/7.”
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Second U.S. coronavirus patient confirmed
January 24, 2020
A Chicago resident returning from Wuhan, China, on Jan. 13, 2020, developed symptoms of the disease and contacted her health care provider.
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A sepsis death linked to fecal microbiota transplantation
October 30, 2019
Two patients developed bacteremia after receiving a fecal microbiota transplant from the same donor whose stool contained extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing E. coli.
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CDC: Look for early symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis, report suspected cases
July 9, 2019
The average age of a patient diagnosed with AFM is 5 years
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FDA invites sample submission for FDA-ARGOS database
June 12, 2019
The project hopes to make diagnosing pathogens – including biothreats like Ebola and Zika – both easier and faster.