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Sexually transmitted infections on a 30-year rise worldwide
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- Lorraine L. Janeczko, MPH
STIs still represent a global public health challenge, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America....
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Malaria: Testing parasite DNA in travelers’ blood may help predict drug resistance
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- Lorraine L. Janeczko, MPH
Malaria remains the deadliest vector-borne infectious disease worldwide.
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Asymptomatic C. difficile carriers may infect the people they live with after hospitalization
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- Lorraine L. Janeczko, MPH
“When individuals are hospitalized, they may become colonized with C. difficile without developing...
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Polio: Five African countries vaccinating 23 million children
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- Lorraine L. Janeczko, MPH
Vaccinations are a response to the detection of polio in one child in Malawi in November 2021.
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Third-party vendor physicians more likely to prescribe antibiotics during acute care telehealth visits
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- Lorraine L. Janeczko, MPH
As health systems expand their direct-to-consumer (DTC) virtual care, the quality of that care seems to vary....
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Babies of pregnant women who get RSV vaccine likely to be prescribed fewer antimicrobials
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- Lorraine L. Janeczko, MPH
“An RSV vaccine was administered to pregnant women to prevent infection in their infants by the transfer of...
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Legionnaires’ disease shows steady increase in U.S. over 15+ years
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- Lorraine L. Janeczko, MPH
The findings revealed a rising national trend in cases and widening racial disparities between Black or African...
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Overseas TB testing, treatment of U.S. immigrants reduces spread
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- Lorraine L. Janeczko, MPH
“We identified a high proportion of U.S.-bound immigrants with latent TB infection and offered them preventive...