IV Iron, Shorter Antibiotics, and a Flu Shot Reality Check

Today's briefing covers a major meta-analysis favoring IV iron for pregnancy anemia, new hematology society guidelines for diagnosing iron deficiency, a practice-changing trial on short antibiotic courses after bone infections, interim results on spacing out colonoscopy surveillance, real-world flu vaccine effectiveness data, and an early trial of an mRNA based T cell engager for immune thrombocytopenia.