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For the first time in almost 10 years, new guidance has been issued on the use of antibiotics after surgery. In a recently published report, antibiotic guidance now calls for physicians to cease the use of antibiotic prophylaxis immediately following surgery. The […]

First Case in 4 Years Documented in Texas’ Hood County For the first time since 2019, a confirmed case of measles has been recorded in Texas, occurring in Hood County. According to a report by the Texas Department of State Health Services, […]

Eighty percent of counties in the U.S. have no practicing infectious disease specialists, according to a 2020 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This translates to 208 million people without access to infectious disease care. Yet, the lack of available specialists doesn’t […]