Infectious Disease News: WHO’s Essential Diagnostics List, AAP Flu Vax Recommendations, and More
Think you may have missed any breaking infectious disease news recently? Here, we have compiled our breakdown of this month’s top stories.
The World Health Organization (WHO) published its first-ever essential diagnostic tests list.
Similar to WHO’s Essential Medicines List, the Essential Diagnostic List includes 113 in-vitro tests for diagnosing common conditions and global “priority” diseases. Read More
The American Academy of Pediatrics weighed in on the flu shot/nasal spray debate, recommending one over the other.
It was first announced in March that the nasal spray vaccine would be available during the 2018-2019 influenza season, despite not being recommended for use during the past 2 seasons. Read More
The incidence of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases has tripled in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System was used to update trends in US vectorborne disease incidence from 2004 to 2016. Read More
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