Richard Pizzi is editor of The Hospitalist. He has been an editor at Frontline Medical Communications since 2015, and previously served as editor of MDedge publications Hospitalist News and ID Practitioner. He has also worked as an editor and in editorial management roles for HIMSS Media, MedTech Media, and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. Follow him on Twitter @richpizzi
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‘D-drugs’ linked to liver disease, cancer in HIV patients
The cumulative use of dideoxynucleoside analogues, or ‘d-drugs,’ in treatment of HIV-positive patients was independently associated with increased...
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HIV-TB coinfection strongly associated with poor TB treatment outcomes
A large European study has confirmed that HIV-positive status is a strong risk factor for an adverse tuberculosis treatment outcome.
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Ebola update: Dec. 2015
The struggle to defeat Ebola virus disease continues globally. To catch up on what you may have missed over the past month, here are some notable...
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WHO identifies top emerging diseases
The World Health Organization has generated a list of the Top 10 emerging pathogens likely to cause severe outbreaks in the near future and for...
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Viremia in Ebola patients a strong predictor of death
The levels of virus present in the blood for patients with Ebola virus disease are strong predictors of fatality, according to a new study in PLOS...
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Study questions efficacy of NRTIs in HIV salvage therapy
HIV-infected patients in whom antiretroviral therapy has failed are not benefited by treatment regimens that include nucleotide reverse...
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U.S. hospitalization rates overestimated for some causes
Patient hospitalization rates based on discharge data that include repeat hospitalizations may overestimate disease incidence in individuals,...
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CDC encourages improved antibiotic stewardship
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is highlighting a series of initiatives to combat antibiotic resistance this week, officially...
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Afghanistan still struggling with poliovirus
Afghanistan experienced a “major setback” in its efforts to eradicate polio in 2014, after having made significant progress towards elimination of...
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Improved supply chain, immunization rates key to global vaccination success
The key element to achieving global vaccination coverage goals may be improving vaccine stock management, suggests a recent report by the Centers...
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FDA approves new single-tablet HIV treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the fixed-dose combination tablet Genvoya as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1...
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Zika virus adds to dengue and chikungunya threat in Brazil
Clusters of acute exanthematous illness since 2014 in Brazil have been linked to the Zika virus, but research also suggests the concurrent...
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Louse-borne relapsing fever appears again in Europe
The reemergence of an early-20th-century fever is an example of how increased migration from war-torn and resource-poor countries has created new...