Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak surpasses 5,700 cases without a validated vaccine
1. The 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has reached 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 deaths, while the only licensed Ebola vaccine...
Infectious Disease
Reports of high-impact infectious disease studies by medical professionals
A healthy lifestyle may reduce risk of infection in patients with type 2 diabetes
1. Adherence to a healthy lifestyle is associated with an approximately 44% reduction in infection incidence among patients living with...
Lower levels of education and place of birth were associated with non-admission to the intensive care unit in Sweden during COVID-19 pandemic
1. Patients in Sweden with COVID-19 and lower levels of education or of Northwestern European or Northern American descent were...
Maternal engagement in HIV care associated with pediatric viral suppression
1. In this cross-sectional study from sub-Saharan Africa, maternal antiretroviral therapy use and viral load suppression were associated with greater...
Once-weekly oral islatravir-lenacapavir is noninferior to daily HIV therapy
1. In this phase 3 randomized controlled trial, switching to once-weekly oral islatravir-lenacapavir maintained HIV-1 suppression as effectively as continuing...
Hematologic inflammatory indices may predict prognosis in younger patients with COVID-19 but not older patients
1. Hematologic inflammatory indices in emergency department patients with COVID-19 showed an age-dependent prognostic performance for 30-day mortality, with systemic...
New Mexico measles outbreak associated with significant costs
1. In this cost analysis, the 2025 measles outbreak in New Mexico was estimated to impose a societal economic burden...
Praziquantel (Biltricide) is associated with higher cure rate than albendazole (Zentel) in the treatment of clonorchiasis
1. In the treatment of Clonorchis sinensis, albendazole (Zentel) demonstrates a high egg reduction rate but a significantly lower cure...
A cognitive rehabilitation program may improve cognitive performance in patients with long COVID
1. In a multicenter, single-blind, randomized clinical trial, participation in a cognitive rehabilitation program improved goal attainment and cognitive test...
Cefazolin non-inferior to penicillins for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
1. In this international randomized controlled trial of adults with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia, cefazolin was noninferior to antistaphylococcal...
