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Healthcare Workers, Hospital Systems Clash Over Vaccine Mandates
While it may be hard to understand why a person at higher risk for contracting the virus might take issue with this requirement, the idea of mandating the vaccine as a condition of employment is simply too strong a push for some. However, a coalition of healthcare organizations is calling on all medical facilities to mandate the vaccines. -
EDs Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
Some emergency providers may view COVID-19 vaccinations as another task piled on an already-full plate. However, EDs are uniquely positioned to reach many underserved and high-risk populations that have yet to receive protection from COVID-19. -
National Orgs Back COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Healthcare Workers
Groups call for action as cases and hospitalizations surge again. -
Is AV Block Complete?
The dual lead rhythm strip in the figure was obtained from an elderly patient with syncope. Is there AV dissociation? Is there complete AV block? This is a challenging tracing because a different diagnosis is suggested by the first five beats in the rhythm strip, compared to the last four beats. -
Ibrexafungerp Tablets (Brexafemme)
Ibrexafungerp can be prescribed to treat adults and post-menarchal pediatric females with vulvovaginal candidiasis.
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Another Way Antibiotic Therapy Can Kill You
An analysis revealed fluoroquinolone antibiotic use was associated with later aortic diseases and mortality in patients without known aortic disease.
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Common Herbal and Dietary Supplements for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
This is a review of the current literature regarding commonly used herbal and dietary supplements among people with diabetes. -
Long COVID and the Clinical Reality of Chronic Infections
Long COVID is the latest entry into a long list of potentially chronic, pandemic-associated infections. For many long COVID patients, some symptoms may be the result of a reactivation of an Epstein-Barr infection. -
Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Sepsis Bundle Erodes Gains in Stewardship; Asymptomatic Transmission of COVID-19 in Households; When Is Hand Hygiene Personally Protective? -
Quinacrine for Refractory Giardiasis
Quinacrine is highly effective in the treatment of giardiasis that is recalcitrant to initial therapy with other agents, but patients must be warned about neuropsychiatric effects.