Conducting trials of novel interventions during infectious disease emergencies, such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, is increasingly recognized as important…
Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections in U.S. Hospitalized Patients, 2012–2017
Antibiotic drug resistance is a major public health problem. In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published…
Antimicrobial Resistance — The Glass Is Half Full
With news on many fronts seeming to get inexorably worse, it is worth pausing to raise our glasses to celebrate…
Acquisition of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria by U.S. International Travelers
To the Editor: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a global public health threat, and there is geographic variability in the prevalence of…
Investigation of the impact of the NICE guidelines regarding antibiotic prophylaxis during invasive dental procedures on the incidence of infective endocarditis in England: an electronic health records study
Infective endocarditis is an uncommon but serious infection, where evidence for giving antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive dental procedures is inconclusive.…
An Uncomplicated Delivery in a Patient with Covid-19 in the United States
To rapidly communicate information on the global clinical effort against Covid-19, the Journal has initiated a series of case reports…
Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve
The President says we are at war with the coronavirus. It’s a war we should fight to win. The economy…
A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work
While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained…
Most diets lead to weight loss and lower blood pressure, but effects largely disappear after a year
Reasonably good evidence suggests that most diets result in similar modest weight loss and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors over…