Hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and NAFLD/NASH are frequently first diagnosed in primary care. Try these 10 questions on diagnosis and treatment of all 3.

EASD 2021: Patients with metabolically healthy obesity are nearly 33% more likely to develop heart failure and atrial fibrillation than healthy persons of normal weight, suggests new analysis.

Janssen's investigational vaccine showed efficacy of up to 80% in preventing RSV-mediated lower respiratory tract infections in older adults.

EASD 2021: First analysis of its kind found COVID-19-induced lockdown was associated with improved glycemic control among patients with T1D, but not T2D.

The number of US confirmed deaths has surpassed 702 000. Plus more data on the Delta variant, cases, mortalities, and vaccination in our daily update.

Hypertension in women over age 70 years and men younger than 50 years requires closer monitoring, even if patients are on treatment, say authors.

Data from the CDC on the Delta variant and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

The daily oral CGRP inhibitor is the only agent in the class developed specifically for prevention vs acute treatment of episodic migraine.

IDWeek 2021: Despite declining mortality rates among patients with HIV in the past 2 decades, a new study finds significant disparities in gender and race.

The positive results of the Merck MOVe-OUT phase 3 interim analysis of molnupiravir have led to an early halt to study recruitment, the company said Friday.

COVID-19 and influenza share a number of similarities but have key differences. Knowing how they differ will be the key to diagnosis this flu season. Get quizzed!

Viral-load monitoring rates decreased and clinic visits declined overall despite an increase in use of telehealth.

Data from the CDC on the Delta variant and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

IDWeek 2021: A new study found that only 16% of patients with CDI rehospitalized for recurrent infection had been seen in follow-up 30 days after original discharge.

Survey authors said findings merit further research into how to increase health care workers' confidence in discussing and recommending COVID-19 vaccines with patients.

IDWeek 2021: Obesity prevention and vaccination efforts may help prevent COVID-19-related morbidity in pediatric COVID-19 patients with obesity, noted authors of a new study.

This post-hoc analysis showed increased reductions in A1c, weight, and BP in T2D patients prescribed GLP-1 receptor agonists who were already taking an SGLT-2 inhibitor.

Data from the CDC on the Delta variant and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Coinfection with influenza virus among COVID-19 patients was found to be rare in a new study presented at IDWeek 2021.

A pattern of nocturnal reverse-dipping blood pressure in persons with type 1 or 2 diabetes put them at more than twice the risk of all-cause mortality, according to new research.