Infectious Diseases
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Single-dose influenza drug baloxavir similar to oseltamivir in efficacy
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Epilepsy often accompanies congenital Zika infections
Approximately two-thirds of children with Zika infections before birth presented with epilepsy before age 14 months.
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Negative chest x-ray to rule out pediatric pneumonia
Chest radiography can be used to rule out pneumonia in children suspecting of having the disease, and thus reduce antibiotic use.
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease: From self-limited to fatal
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Live attenuated flu vaccine gets ACIP nod for 2018-2019 season
No preferential recommendation is made for one flu vaccine product over another.
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Russian Twitter bots and trolls amplify vaccine controversy
Twitter’s “antivaccine content may increase the risks of infection by both computer and biological viruses,” researchers found.
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Neural-tube defect signal from dolutegravir HIV treatment raises concerns
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Oral prednisone is not effective for OME in older children
The majority of children had OME for 12 months or longer.
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No increase in primary ovarian insufficiency with HPV vaccine
There was no link with primary ovarian insufficiency with any of the adolescent vaccines studied..
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Better adherence, shorter course with rifampin for tuberculosis
For patients with latent tuberculosis, successful adherence to treatment regimen may be the key difference between two drugs.
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Many physicians don’t discuss MenB vaccine in teen well visits
But more physicians that discuss the MenB vaccine recommend it.