Allison Inserro

For the first time, the CDC has identified in Mississippi dirt and water samples a bacteria that causes a rare and sometimes fatal disease called melioidosis, which is common in low-income tropical countries and one that scientists have been warning about for several years.

The number of monkeypox cases in the United States is close to 3600, the CDC said this week, and on Wednesday, HHS approved a supplement to the biologics license for a vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic to prevent smallpox and monkeypox.

Children with type 1 diabetes had the highest rates of using continuous glucose monitoring and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in Italy, according to recent research, but economic barriers prevent widespread adoption.

Nine out of 10 patients with hemophilia B dosed with FLT180a were able to stop their weekly infusions of replacement factor IX.

Patients with asthma hospitalized with COVID-19 in Michigan in 2020 had more severe outcomes after taking certain factors into account, according to a recent study.

Most of the children readmitted to hospitals for asthma in Australia were preschool aged.

A late-stage trial of dupilumab in young children showed the biologic induced remission in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).

At the end of September 2021, Freda Pyles, a resident of rural Pennsylvania, began an antibiotic for a dental infection. That set off a 6-month battle with Clostridioides difficile, which was misdiagnosed a few times before she was treated at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Here, she describes how she contracted the infection and what happened afterwards.

Reversing a landmark precedent, the Supreme Court voted Friday to overturn 1973’s Roe v Wade decision that guaranteed American women the constitutional right to an abortion, and at least 1 justice suggested that other precedents, such as the right to birth control, be reversed as well.

The combination is the first and only therapy to be approved with a tumor-agnostic indication in both children and adults with solid tumors that have a BRAF V600E mutation, Novartis said late Wednesday.

About 3 times as many of the children and teenagers taking dulaglutide had a glycated hemoglobin level of less than 7.0% at 26 weeks compared with those on placebo.

A new study suggests that men who have disturbing dreams more than once a week have a risk that is more than twice as high as the population of developing Parkinson disease (PD).

The findings highlight the significant financial burden of sickle cell disease.

While the burden on caregivers of family members with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson disease (PD) is well known, data on longitudinal trajectories of this burden are limited; this study followed caregivers for 2 years.

Chargemaster lists may encourage patients to shop around for services, but the authors of this report said the implications of this change for dermatology are not well-defined.

Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder in which eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, proliferate in the esophagus, causing difficulties with eating and swallowing.

Over 48 weeks, secukinumab was shown to be effective and safe in a small study of 18 children with generalized pustular psoriasis in China.

While periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) and restless leg syndrome (RLS) are well-known in Parkinson disease, similar movements during wakefulness are not as well described.

Although patient-centered research is growing, there are no established standards or best practices geared specifically to address the complex nature of individuals living with Parkinson disease (PD) who may want to participate.

A recent study sought to address what is known about proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) as a therapy for eosinophilic esophagitis and long-term outcomes in patients who respond to them as a way to guide treatment decisions.

UPMC Health Plan, RxAnte, and Mosaic Pharmacy Services outlined how they are operating a value-based pharmacy care management program within Community HealthChoices, Pennsylvania’s managed Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) program, at a recent conference.

When it comes to making equity improvements and successes sustainable, leadership from the top levels are required, and that means finding champions who are bold, open to collaboration, and willing to explore new partnerships with an open mind, the panel agreed.

At the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) 2022 Annual Meeting Wednesday, participants heard about some unexpected insights arising from a workshop held this week between patients and pharmacists who are creating a patient-centered outcomes research agenda focused on addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) in the community pharmacy setting.

Alexis Garcia, PharmD, senior director of business development at Tabula Rasa HealthCare, explains the importance of up-to-date data when implementing medication therapy management programs.

The authors said that to their knowledge, this is the first report of cytomegalovirus (CMV) that developed during the treatment of eosinophilic enteritis in an adult.

A small retrospective study examined outcomes in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) who did respond to solo therapies.

Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) were asked their opinions about which medical services they preferred to use via telehealth and which might be better suited to in-person care.

The study is the first to find an association between adults with asthma and the risk of obesity developing later.

Alexis Garcia, PharmD, senior director of business development at Tabula Rasa HealthCare, outlines how cytochrome P450 enzymes can impact medication efficacy in patients taking multiple drugs.

The CDC said that 75% of children under age 17 and more than 60% of adults up to age 49 have evidence of prior infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.