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A monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine can reduce the incidence of HIV-1 infection

Reduced HIV-1 Infection Incidence With Vaginal Ring

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Monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine reduces risk of HIV-1 infection among African women
Many Ebola survivors have neurological symptoms that last long after other signs of the infection are gone

AAN: Ebola May Leave Lasting Neurological Symptoms

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Six months after active illness, headaches, memory loss, depression were still being reported
Fourteen U.S. cases of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus are now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC: 14 Potential New Cases of Zika Sexually Transmitted

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Men who've recently traveled to endemic areas should abstain from sex or use a condom, agency says
Introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine has correlated with a reduction in quadrivalent HPV type prevalence among females aged 14 to 19 and 20 to 24 years

4vHPV Type Prevalence Down After Vaccine Introduction

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Decreases of 64 percent for females aged 14 to 19 years, 34 percent for those aged 20 to 24 years
New guidelines have been developed for evaluation and testing of infants and children with possible Zika virus infection. The interim guidelines were published in the Feb. 19 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Guidelines Developed for Suspected Zika in Children

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Acute Zika virus should be suspected in children who traveled to affected area, have symptoms
Antibiotic-associated encephalopathy can be classified into three unique clinical phenotypes

Three Classes of Antibiotic-Associated Encephalopathy ID’d

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Three unique clinical phenotypes correlate with underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms
Feedback from a high-profile messenger can reduce antibiotic prescribing on a national scale

Feedback From High-Profile Messenger Can Cut Antibiotic Rx

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Reduction in antibiotic prescribing after receiving letter from England's Chief Medical Officer
Zika virus has been identified in amniotic fluid of two pregnant women in Brazil whose fetuses have been diagnosed with microcephaly

Zika Virus ID’d in Amniotic Fluid From Two Pregnant Women

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Pregnant women whose fetuses had microcephaly presented with possible symptoms of Zika virus
Patients with Ebola virus disease who received care in the United States and Europe show mortality of 18.5 percent

Mortality 18.5 Percent for Ebola Management in U.S., Europe

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Most patients received IV fluids and electrolyte supplementation, antibiotics, investigational tx
Most medical schools need to post

Many Med Schools Appear Unwelcoming Regarding Disability

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Only one-third of medical schools have technical standards supporting accommodating disabilities