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Mashup Score: 68Endemic - Mayo Clinic Press - 29 day(s) ago
Endemic aims squarely at reckoning with comprehending and living with a new respiratory disease and how to face the coming variants. Order your copy today!
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Mashup Score: 2Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women | NEJM - 1 month(s) ago
There are gaps in uptake of, adherence to, and persistence in the use of preexposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention among cisgender women. We conducted a phase 3, dou…
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Wow - the PURPOSE 1 trial is published in the @NEJM at the exact time of the Co-Chairs session beginning. Will tweet on this in detail after the presentation. https://t.co/mcJtIu7mfO
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Mashup Score: 5Recommended Antimicrobial Agents for the Treatment and Postexposure Prophylaxis of Pertussis: 2005 CDC Guidelines - 1 month(s) ago
Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: mmwrq@cdc.gov. Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Prepared by Tejpratap Tiwari, M.D. Trudy V. Murphy M. D. John Moran M.D. National Immunization Program, CDC The material in this report originated in the National Immunization Program, Stephen L. Cochi, MD, Acting Director; and the Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, Alison
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Do need regular boosting. Luckily also have TREATMENTS as Bordetella pertussis is a bacteria and we have antibacterials, specifically macrolides (e.g. azithromycin). Old article but we still use same treatments & should be given asap to reduce symptoms https://t.co/rvGZvTTLZ9
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Mashup Score: 7Symptoms of Whooping Cough - 1 month(s) ago
See a healthcare provider if you have whooping cough symptoms.
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Early symptoms of pertussis (whooping cough) can look like a common cold; The whoop" noise can occur when someone gasps for air after a coughing fit; Babies may have difficulty breathing with pertussis. https://t.co/msWkUGKFSU https://t.co/jHR6IZ26XX
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Mashup Score: 18Outbreak of Whooping Cough Hitting Vaccinated Kids and Parents - 1 month(s) ago
When Patricia Teklu’s daughter started coughing uncontrollably, her pediatrician said it was a routine asthma flare up. But that didn’t explain the eight nosebleeds she endured in just one day.
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PERTUSSIS: What is the pathogen that causes this and why are we at a 10-year high in terms of infections? Pertussis is "whooping cough" and is caused by a bacteria called Bordetella pertussis https://t.co/IeLkTGtJfx https://t.co/zCmfbi2Bhv
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Mashup Score: 12Is our healthcare system broken? - Harvard Health - 1 month(s) ago
The US healthcare system is expensive, complicated, dysfunctional — and broken. The system needs a major overhaul, and the arguments for this fall into a few broad categories: high cos…
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US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BROKEN: "Despite spending far more on healthcare than other high-income nations, US scores poorly on many key health measures, including life expectancy ... satisfaction ..low". Focus less on war/weapons/killing in US; more on health? https://t.co/SUBctbzhMf
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Mashup Score: 7What's New: Adult and Adolescent ARV HIV Clinical Guidelines | NIH - 2 month(s) ago
Updates to the HIV and AIDS treatment recommendations developed by a panel of experts on the use of antiretroviral agents in adults and adolescents with HIV.
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DHHS HIV ART guidelines for adults & adolescents: Updated on September 12 to include the use of long-acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine among those with viremia who can't adhere to oral ART based on our data at Ward 86 & others. Fully endorse this idea. https://t.co/i9esD4BvOQ. https://t.co/xDS4EcddKj
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Mashup Score: 6Mysterious bird flu case in Missouri was similar to strain circulating in cattle, CDC says | CNN - 2 month(s) ago
A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday.
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H5N1 case in Missouri: Being investigated closely as not clearly linked to any animal exposure (e.g. dairy cows). CDC confirmed that a housemate was ill but has since recovered and no testing done so cannot determine if there was human-human transmission. https://t.co/61Pnf6bFws
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Mashup Score: 13JD Vance now says Haitian immigrants are spreading HIV after bizarre pet-eating claim flops - 2 month(s) ago
Donald Trump’s campaign is just going with unfettered racism now along with stoking fear and discrimination against those living with HIV.
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HIV & IMMIGRATION: In the 80's, there was a terribly stigmatizing campaign to blame people for spreading HIV called the "4H's" with one "H" being Haitians. Had no basis in fact then & has no basis in fact now about immigrants spreading HIV https://t.co/10p4sNkr4B
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Mashup Score: 23
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced the results of an interim analysis from a second pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial investigating the
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LENCACAPAVIR- PURPOSE-2 TRIAL RESULTS just released after DSMB met yesterday- trial in men, transgender women, non-binary after cisgender women trial released in June. LEN reduced HIV infections by 96%, superior to TDF/FTC (2 infections among 2180) https://t.co/aPwSdqtWsN
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Pandemic preparedness in future means thinking holistically about a disease/infection so that other critical functions of society are also continued, especially when it comes to our most precious resource, children (#Endemic book https://t.co/OSrZUMLQsv) https://t.co/mbJlrXEBKD