David Tarantino, MD, the chief medical officer for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has been removed from his position by Homeland Security after a federal probe into what missteps may have led to the May 17 death of 8-year-old migrant girl, Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, the Washington Post reported June 15. 

Almost 107,000 people in the United States died in 2021 from a drug overdose, and the vast majority of those deaths were men, according to a Mount Sinai study published June 15 in Neuropsychopharmacology.  

New clues have emerged about the root cause of endometriosis. Researchers say bacteria could play a role, according to a study published June 14 in Science Translational Medicine.

Anthony Fauci, MD, believes the chances of eradicating the virus that causes COVID-19 are zero. 

Cases of pityriasis rosea, a fairly common skin rash, dropped significantly during the mask wearing days of COVID-19. But now that fewer are wearing masks in public cases of the skin condition have gone back up, the Washington Post reported June 13. 

Outgoing CDC director Rochelle Walensky, MD, defended the actions and credibility of the agency and called on Congress for additional support as she testified June 13 before the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic — just 17 days before she exits the role.

COVID-19 is a "substantial risk factor" for patients contracting certain fungal infections, and new data reveals the effect that risk factor had inside hospitals. New CDC data shows since 2019, hospital fungal infections have increased by 8.5 percent. 

Public health officials are having a hard time trying to track and test nearly 200 people in the U.S. who may be at risk for fungal meningitis tied to cosmetic procedures performed at two clinics in Mexico, NBC News reported June 12. 

Minnesota is the first U.S. state to report mpox cases this summer, with two confirmed infections, the state's department of health reported June 9. 

A 54-year-old Missouri man died from an infection contracted after eating raw oysters, the St. Louis County Health Department said.

In a new report, the CDC analyzed 192 hospitalizations associated with Candida auris and found an estimated crude mortality rate of 34 percent. 

HHS shared a national framework for addressing rising rates of sexually transmitted infections June 8.  

Women who traveled to Mexico primarily for cosmetic procedures are at the center of the CDC's investigation into a multinational fungal meningitis outbreak, the agency reported June 8. So far there have been three deaths, and the agency is monitoring more than 200 individuals who could be infected.

Medicaid should cover hospital-based community violence prevention programs for gunshot patients and other violently injured victims enrolled in Medicaid, according to an op-ed published on amNY.

 A woman in Washington has been detained after more than a year of refusing treatment for an active case of tuberculosis and repeatedly failing to appear in court, NPR reported June 3.

Healthcare might have bigger problems right now than the planet's climate crisis, but clinicians should recognize that the medical decisions they make today will affect the world tomorrow.

Healthgrades has partnered with a nonprofit organization to create a new LGBTQ+ Affirming Care Designation on its website. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations hit a record low at the end of May — this, after a hectic winter and spring that brought a surge in respiratory syncytial virus, flu and invasive strep. 

Cases of the bacteria that causes brain-eating amoeba infections, Naegleria fowleri, are continuing to increase in several U.S. states. Now, Indiana is the most recent place to report new infections, WBIW radio reported June 6. 

Newly released data from the CDC shows more than 9 million U.S. adults who were taking at least one prescription medication in 2021 reported skipping doses, taking smaller doses or delaying refills because of cost.