The USPSTF recommends that the decision to initiate low-dose aspirin for primary prevention of CVD events should be individualized among those aged 40 to 59 years.
Researchers assessed the effectiveness of the Six Moments of Harm Reduction, an educational tool for clinicians designed to improve knowledge on harm reduction and injection-associated infections.
Recommendations have been updated for use of the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) for prevention of herpes zoster and related complications among immunocompromised adults aged 19 years and older.
This season’s flu vaccine may do little to prevent infection with the main circulating virus strain because the strain has changed since the vaccine was developed.
Researchers conducted a study to assess the effectiveness, safety, and adverse effects associated with the measles-mumps-rubella and varicella vaccines in children aged 15 years and younger.
Researchers conducted a meta-analysis to determine the effectiveness of N95 respirators vs surgical masks in protecting against viral respiratory illness transmission.
Researchers conducted a study to determine the effect of a national human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization program on the incidence of cervical cancer and grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia among young women in England.
Researchers conducted a randomized trial that compared the effects of 3 treatment regimens for the prevention of tuberculosis infection among individuals with HIV infection currently taking antiretroviral therapy.
Researchers conducted a cohort study to assess the frequency at which environmental shedding of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurs during inpatient and outpatient appointments.
A recall of more than a dozen types of Philips breathing machines because of potential cancer risks has millions of Americans struggling to find replacements to deal with sleep disorders, breathing problems, and respiratory emergencies.c
This retrospective cohort analysis focuses on the role of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in the management of aortic vascular graft infections after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair.
Annual screening of postmenopausal women from the general population with multimodal screening or transvaginal ultrasound does not reduce ovarian and tubal cancer deaths.
The researchers’ objective was to investigate whether racial/ethnic minority groups, women, and older adults are underrepresented among participants in vaccine clinical trials.
Researchers summarized DTaP, MMR, and varicella vaccination coverage for kindergartners reported by immunization programs in 48 states for the 2019-20 school year.
These 2 randomized, partly-masked studies aimed to address the emergence and spread of circulating vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses and vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis from Sabin monovalent OPV2.