September 16th 2024
The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) ProMED surveillance system is a way for clinicians and interested ID stakeholders to be aware of local outbreaks and follow-up in response to get more information on them.
September 16th 2024
Tackling Inequities in IBD: Inclusive Solutions for Elevated Patient Care
October 26, 2024
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Advances in TNBC: Communicating with Your Patients About Clinical Trial Awareness and Treatment Concerns to Improve Clinical Outcomes
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease — Individualizing Vaccine Recommendations in Adolescent Populations
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities: Bridging the Gap in Multiple Sclerosis – A Focus on Clinical and Healthcare Disparities in Black Patients
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Overcoming Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Outcomes and Clinical Trials: How We are Moving Care Forward Today
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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Advances in™ Atopic Dermatitis: Addressing Unmet Needs in Patients With Skin of Color
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Zika Linked with Cardiovascular Complications
March 14th 2017Researchers remind us that the Zika virus infection does not only cause complications in developing fetuses, after reports identified that nine patients from Venezuela presented with cardiovascular complications linked with the mosquito-borne infection.
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No Correlation Found Between Asthma & the Development of Severe Dengue
March 10th 2017A group of researchers used data from St. Luke’s hospital network’s Sentinel Enhanced Dengue Surveillance Systems to investigate the association of asthma and the development of severe Dengue. Their findings were presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
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Modifying Prenatal Care for Pregnant Women with Antenatal Microcephaly
March 3rd 2017Prenatal care for pregnant women with antenatal Zika-related microcephaly needs to be modified to include conversations that include pregnancy options as well as neonatal specialty consultations that will address infant special care needs, economic burden, and other factors.
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Zika Infection Late in Pregnancy May Impact Fetal Neurologic Development
March 3rd 2017Carmen D. Zorrilla, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, shared her research which aimed to evaluate the growth patterns of fetuses whose mothers acquired Zika virus during pregnancy “and showed no prenatally detectable structural anomalies or maternal conditions that could affect fetal growth.”
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Increase in Birth Defects Prompts CDC to Award Zika Surveillance Funding
March 2nd 2017The need for continued surveillance to provide estimates on the rate at which the virus has impacted the incidence of birth defects has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award funding to five jurisdictions.
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A Detailed Look at the Zika Virus Epidemic in Brazil
March 2nd 2017Pedro Fernando de Costa Vasconcelos, MD, PhD, director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Arbovirus and Research, Evandro Chagas Institute, took a closer look at the Zika virus in Brazil during his presentation at The First International Zika Conference.
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Progressive & Delayed Hearing Loss Linked to Congenital Zika Infection
February 28th 2017At the First International Zika Conference, Viviane S. Boaventura, MD, PhD, researcher, Fiocruz-Bahia, Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Brazil, presented her research that depicting an association between Congenital Zika Syndrome and hearing loss.
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