Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers examined a ...

Corticosteroid, a drug that suppresses the immune system, is often injected into patients to alleviate pain and inflammation in the months before total joint replacement surgeries, but it may increase ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about counterfeit Ozempic injections that may pose an increased risk of infection for users of the medication. The ...

Poor kidney function is common among injection drug users, particularly those with HIV, according to a study appearing in a recent issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology ...

BERGEN COUNTY — Hospitals spent Monday reassuring hundreds of patients that they did not expose them to fungal meningitis by using tainted steroid injections, the Record reported. Hospital officials ...

A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. In a ...

A recent phase 3 trial found that twice-yearly injections of Lenacapavir reduce the risk of contracting HIV by 96%. The corresponding study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. PrEP ...