In a significant advancement for HIV prevention, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a strong recommendation for Yeztugo (lenacapavir), Gilead Sciences’ long-acting, twice-yearly pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)…
An estimated 58 million people worldwide are living with Hepatitis C, a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). This includes 3.9 million people living with chronic hepatitis…
Ezri Care Artificial Tears, as well as nine other ophthalmologic brands that create artificial tears or eyedrops, have been linked to dangerous Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in people across sixteen different…
According to ABC News, cases of Vibrio vulnificus (V. vulnificus) infections have risen in Florida following the devastating effects of Hurricane Ian. V. vulnificus infection, which may also be referred to as vibriosis, is…
Over the last few years, there have been slight increases in the number of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) cases throughout the United States. Specifically, 2014, 2016, and 2018 all saw…
Patients are advised to look for and report symptoms of a mysterious liver disease that has recently caused the death of three Indonesian children. Newsmax’s most up-to-date reports state that…
The war on opioids inadvertently became a war on severely ill patients. The "war" had to be declared. There were reactions from all fronts to the realization that deaths rose…
The CDC has issued a warning regarding melioidosis, a rare bacterial infection that is typically found in tropical climates, as it has reached the United States. At the time of…
Prior to this year, there were no reported cases of monkeypox in the United States since 2003. This all changed when a Texas man brought the rare disease back with…
The CDC is currently looking into three cases of melioidosis throughout the United States, according to an article published in MSN. This rare, bacterial infection is mainly found in the…
In an editorial piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Michael T. Melia, M.D., and Paul G. Auwaerter, M.D., note that up to 20% of patients with…
Recently, NPR's All Things Considered discussed a troubling story on the show: rapidly increases diagnoses, and fatalities, of healthcare workers stemming from COVID-19. The novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic in…
As reported in Creaky Joints and Healing Hugs Haven; the media has been overtaken by coronavirus on the move. Rare disease patients need to know what that means and what…
Last month, we reported about a sudden outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 2018, a rare condition that has Polio-like symptoms, and affects mostly children. Sometimes, stories like this…
New findings are coming from a recent study led by researchers at the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that could have long-term implications for Zika Virus research. Evidence showed that…
Whenever it comes to a controversial issue, I always ask myself: Who benefits? In most cases, it’s not all that hard to figure it out. But sometimes, it seems like…
When I hear about Lyme Disease, I think of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. But recently seven counties in Alabama have been declared endemic for Lyme. In fact, the Alabama Department…
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