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ARTICLE: US Guidelines Fall Short on Short-Course Tuberculosis-Preventive Therapy AUTHORS: Sonya Krishnan, Richard E Chaisson JOURNAL: Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 20;78(3):514-517. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad659. Abstract The provision of… Read More »US Guidelines Fall Short on Short-Course Tuberculosis-Preventive Therapy
We celebrate National Nurses Week every year on May 6-12 in order to honor all of the remarkable nurses at Johns Hopkins and in the… Read More »Happy Nurses Week
Functional Movement Disorder (FMD) is a subtype of Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (FNSD) with primarily motor symptoms (Espay et al. JAMA Neurol 75(9):1132-1141) Patients present to… Read More »FMD Diagnostic Clinic Opens
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JHH attending staff can request Leadership Response Team (LRT) reviews to address urgent administrative concerns related to patient care and safety, when normal resources and… Read More »JHH Leadership Response Team Reviews
Join colleagues from across Johns Hopkins University for the first Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Day on Thursday, June 6 from 9:30 a.m. to… Read More »Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Day
ARTICLE: Long-term open-label vebicorvir for chronic HBV infection: Safety and off-treatment responses AUTHORS: Man-Fung Yuen 1, Scott Fung 2, Xiaoli Ma 3, Tuan T Nguyen 4, Tarek Hassanein 5, Hie-Won Hann 6, Magdy Elkhashab 7, Ronald G Nahass 8, James S… Read More »Long-term open-label vebicorvir for chronic HBV infection: Safety and off-treatment responses
The American Junior Investigators Association (AJIA) was created in response to the lack of an advocacy body for early career physician-scientists at the resident/fellow/junior faculty… Read More »Early Career Physician Scientist Survey
The next cycle of the Open Payments Program/Sunshine Act has begun. This is the federal law that requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices and biologics… Read More »Open Payments Sunshine Act Review and Dispute Period Now Underway
ARTICLE: Effect of a Tobacco Cessation Intervention Incorporating Weight Management for Adults With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial AUTHORS: Gail L Daumit, A Eden… Read More »Effect of a Tobacco Cessation Intervention Incorporating Weight Management for Adults With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial