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Delta variant key to breakthrough infections in vaccinated Israelis
July 8, 2021
“The positive news is that there is 93% prevention against severe disease or mortality.”
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Clostridioides difficile: Two sets of guidelines disagree
July 8, 2021
Clinicians may find themselves trying to reconcile conflicts between the American College of Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines.
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California’s highest COVID infection rates shift to rural counties
July 8, 2021
“If you live in an area that has low vaccination rates and you have a few people who start to develop a disease, it’s going to spread quickly among those who aren’t vaccinated.”
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Delta becomes dominant coronavirus variant in U.S.
July 7, 2021
Health officials are watching other variants (Epsilon and Lambda) that could evade vaccine protection and lead to major outbreaks this year.
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Antimicrobial resistance threat continues during COVID-19
July 6, 2021
For some patients, the pandemic and antimicrobial resistance are intertwined.
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Default EMR settings can influence opioid prescribing
July 6, 2021
Does changing the EMR default setting for opioid prescriptions change the quantity of opioids prescribed at discharge from the emergency department?
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Asymptomatic C. diff carriers have increased risk of symptomatic infection
July 6, 2021
Do admitted patients who are asymptomatic carriers of Clostridioides difficile progress to symptomatic C. difficile?
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Clinician practices to connect with patients
July 2, 2021
What practices foster physician presence and connection with their patients?
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New details of myocarditis linked to COVID vaccines
July 2, 2021
Further details from multiple cases of myocarditis linked to the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID vaccines have been described in recent papers in the medical literature.
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Post–COVID-19 lung injury: What we know so far
July 1, 2021
More than 30 million patients have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States and close to half will experience persistent dyspnea.
