Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

It’s Hard To Predict Who Might Be At Risk For Food Allergies

An analysis of 190 studies including 2.8 million children published in JAMA Pediatrics found that approximately 4.7% of children develop food allergy by age 6. The strongest risk factors for food allergy include several prior allergic conditions: atopic dermatitis in the first year of life (odds ratio [OR] 3.88, risk difference [RD] 12%); allergic rhinitis (OR 3.39, RD 10%); and wheeze (OR 2.11, RD 5%). Markers of skin barrier dysfunction, including elevated transepidermal water loss, …

Atypical Cases of Ringworm Emerge in Minnesota

Minnesota Health officials are reporting an outbreak of Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII), a fungus that causes ringworm and is associated with transmission through sexual contact, primarily among men who have sex with men. In July 2025, the first case of TMVII was confirmed in a resident who presented with a genital rash. Since then, the state has identified 13 confirmed cases and 27 suspected cases, officials say. The first case of TMVII in the …

Labels May Skew Statin Drug’s True Side Effects

Many of the adverse events listed on the labels for statin drugs may not be supported by good evidence of a causal relationship, according to an analysis in The Lancet. Adverse events examined from 19 double-blind trials do not seem to show statin therapy causes cognitive impairment, depression, sleep disturbance, and peripheral neuropathy. Four events did have significance in the study. The authors say their analysis “has confirmed that statin therapy increases hepatic transaminase and …

Maternal Syphilis Rates Again, Reflecting Ongoing Public Health Issue

According to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), maternal syphilis rates in the United States are still on the increase, part of a decade-long trend of rising cases. From 2022 through 2024, maternal syphilis rates increased 28% overall (from 280.4 cases per 100,000 births to 357.9 cases). The rate climbed 16% between 2022 and 2023 and an additional 10% from 2023 to 2024. Looking at the long-term trend, previous data showed …

Antibiotics Drive ED Visits With Adverse Drug Events Among Kids

Antibiotics are the most commonly implicated drugs in emergency department (ED) visits for adverse drug events (ADEs) among children, as published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Researchers found antibiotics were implicated in more than one-third of pediatric ADE visits in the United States during 2019-2023, with an estimated average of 47,628 ED visits annually. In some age groups, antibiotics were identified in more than half of the ADE visits. Among the …

UTI Triage Guides Address Virtual Presentations

Clinician teams have developed 2 new algorithms to guide the triage and management of adults with symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infection (UTI) across care settings, including patients who present by phone, portals, virtual visits, and in-person visits. Unlike prior recommendations that were built on telephone-based triage and empiric treatment, this new guidance published in JAMA Network Open reflects the new channels patients use to seek care. They provide structured decision support for determining visit …

Pneumonia Patients Rarely Tested For Possible Fungal Disease

Adult outpatients with unspecified community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) rarely receive diagnostic testing for blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, or histoplasmosis, however repeat visits seem to drive this testing, according to a retrospective study of commercial insurance claims published in JAMA Network Open. Among 573,994 CAP patients seen from 2017–2023, only 5% underwent diagnostic testing for blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, or histoplasmosis, and those tests typically occurred after a median of 3 patient visits. Of those tested, 3% received a fungal disease …

Oral GLP-1 Medication Begins Production in US

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved semaglutide tablets as the first oral GLP-1 medicine for obesity in adults. According to a press release, the once-daily pill is also indicated to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events including death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with overweight or obesity and cardiovascular disease. Previously only available as an injectable, semaglutide’s oral formulation could expand treatment for patients who are reluctant to use an …

Cancer Society Outlines Its Insight on HPV Self-Collection

The American Cancer Society has endorsed the use of self-collected vaginal samples for cervical cancer screening in average-risk women, which experts say will improve access to testing and early detection. The new guidance published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians introduces 2 major updates, allowing for self-collection for primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and also clarifying the related screening cadence. Clinician-collected cervical samples have long been the standard for cytology-based screening, but research has …

Cardiovascular Complications Follow RSV Infection

A Danish study published in JAMA Network Open found that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection was linked to a sustained rise in cardiovascular risk over 1 year in adults aged 45 years or older. In the study population, those with RSV (8,747 individuals) experienced 665 cardiovascular events vs 257 in matched controls (8,747 individuals without infection), yielding a 365-day excess risk of 4.69 percentage points. In this matched cohort study of 17,494 adults, early risk …

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