Enhanced oral care reduced hospital-acquired pneumonia in randomized trial

• by Meg Barbor

• August 17, 2026

Medical Oddities: Prayer for Pain?

This week’s research collection showed that biology, behavior, and environment often intersect in unexpected ways.

• by Teraya Smith

• June 3, 2026

• 6 min

Can LAI-CAB Sustain Long-Term PrEP Use?

A national claims analysis found modest uptake and declining persistence over 2 years despite increasing use of injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.

• by Andrea Surnit

• July 17, 2026

• 4 min

Neonatal HSV-1 diversity greater between patients than within patients

Deep sequencing found no significant association between minor-variant burden and disease severity, although several newborns had unusually high within-host viral diversity.

• by Kathryn Wighton

• August 12, 2026

• 5 min