Marcia Frellick

LOS ANGELES — Embedding a new discharge order set into electronic health records (EHRs) with a preselected 5-day antibiotic course for children aged

Embedding discharge orders that reflected the latest guidelines helped drive a dramatic drop in the duration of antibiotics for the common condition.

LOS ANGELES — Use of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV is increasing overall, but both the rate of increase for starting PrEP and the

Investigators of the seven-country BALANCE trial said cutting duration to 7 days could slash costs and reduce harms and may reduce antibiotic resistance.

Avian flu was detected in wastewater before the first reported outbreak among Texas dairy cattle in 2024.

When it was prescribed within a week of SARS CoV-2 infection, metformin was associated with a 53% reduction in long COVID or death.

Recent data find that pharmacists are more effective in controlling BP than are physicians and other clinicians. But inertia and turf wars keep fueling a broken system, some say.

On Oct. 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded its approval of liquid methotrexate (Jylamvo) to include pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to a news release from Shorla Oncology.

LOS ANGELES — Metformin prescribed within a week of SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a 53% reduction in long COVID or death over 6 months in people without diabetes or prediabetes, according to data presented at the Infectious Disease Week (IDWeek) 2024 Annual Meeting.

Late-career physician patient safety programs vary widely among healthcare organizations on requirements for screening, re-screening, who should