WHO says Nigeria has no active Ebola cases after patient is evacuated to Switzerland
WHO says Nigeria has no current Ebola cases after the country evacuated its only confirmed patient to Switzerland.
Infectious Disease
Reports of high-impact infectious disease studies by medical professionals
Pennsylvania reports 1,260 measles cases across 43 counties in 2026
Pennsylvania reported 1,260 measles cases across 43 counties in 2026, with 238 hospitalizations and 5 confirmed measles-associated deaths.
Stool biomarkers may be effective in the evaluation of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants
1. Stool biomarkers distinguished preterm infants with confirmed necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) from preterm infants without NEC, with secretory immunoglobulin A...
An artificial intelligence system for human papillomavirus-positive dual stain cervical cancer screening reads p16-Ki67 slides
1. Lahrmann and colleagues developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system using dual stain triage for HPV-based cervical cancer screening to...
Gepotidacin (Blujepa) is safe and effective in women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections
1. Gepotidacin (Blujepa) leads to rapid clinical response in female patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) and is generally...
Antibiotics after appendectomy were not associated with reduced postoperative infections
1. Patients who underwent appendectomy for acute appendicitis had similar rates of postoperative infectious outcomes regardless of the use of...
Probiotic supplementation is associated with reduced risk of death and necrotizing enterocolitis among preterm infants
1. Probiotic supplementation was associated with a lower risk of death and/or necrotizing enterocolitis in very preterm infants. Evidence Rating...
Nirsevimab (Beyfortus) may reduce severe respiratory syncytial virus infections among infants
1. In this large case-control study across 7 tertiary pediatric hospitals, receiving Nirsevimab (Beyfortus) among symptomatic infants with respiratory syncytial...
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool achieved high diagnostic accuracy for the identification and prediction of sepsis
1. Bhargava and colleagues evaluated an AI tool’s ability to identify sepsis at presentation in adults with suspected infection. 2....
Use of long-acting broadly neutralizing antibodies may delay human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) rebound following discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy
1. In this large randomized controlled trial, patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who received long-acting broadly neutralizing antibodies were...
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