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PER Postgame™: Updates in Basal Insulin Therapy – Takeaways from the June 2023 Meeting on Diabetes
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25th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-27, 2024
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Advances In™: Targeting PSMA to Advance Diagnosis And Management Of Patients With Prostate Cancer
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Community Practice Connections™: 14th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies
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PER Skin Summit: Optimizing Diagnosis and Individualizing Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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Exploring the Evolving Treatment Landscape PNH: Improving Patient Outcomes with Team-Based Care
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Cases and Conversations™: Enhancing Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
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Clinical Case Vignette Series: Integrating Recent Data into Practice to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer
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COVID-19 Impacts: Post-Infection Conditions, Treatment Effectiveness, and Telehealth Trends
Three studies provide insights into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of post-COVID conditions among primary care patients, the effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir treatment, and declines in primary care visits.
Efficacy of the Antibiotic Omadacycline in Treating Pneumonia
Paratek Pharmaceuticals has announced results from a Phase 3 study of omadacycline (Nuzyra), demonstrating its non-inferiority to moxifloxacin in treating moderate to severe community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
Awareness Days and Months: With Much to Celebrate, But More to Do
July 22nd 2024This upcoming Sunday, July 28, is this year’s World Hepatitis Day and it is an opportunity to raise awareness, deliver education to the masses, and continue to support the research and treatments to reduce the incidence rates of the infection.
Top 5 Infectious Disease News Stories Week of July 13-July 19
This week, the resurgence of leptospirosis in Wyoming, insights on COVID-19 reinfection severity, avian influenza cases in the US, challenges in medical communication amid scientific advancements, recent FDA recalls, and more from Contagion.
First Doses of R21/Matrix-M Malaria Vaccine Administered in Ivory Coast
With an efficacy rate of 78% and WHO prequalification, the vaccine rollout aims to vaccinate 6.6 million children across 15 African countries by the end of 2024, marking an advancement in public health efforts to combat malaria's impact
The Chasm Between the Scientific Method and How Medical Information is Understood
July 18th 2024The disconnect between evolving science and medical communication has left people confused about how to interpret public health information, and provided an opportunity for vaccine deniers and politicians to give disinformation on COVID-19.
A Pandemic Within a Pandemic: Antimicrobial Resistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A recent report from the CDC highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened antimicrobial resistance, resulting in a 20% increase in hospital-onset infections caused by key resistant pathogens.
Investigational C Diff Therapy Shows Favorable Microbiome Characteristics, Phase 3 Trial Planned
July 17th 2024In additional analyses, the novel antibiotic, ibezapolstat, demonstrated favorable gut microbiome changes including increased relative proportion of Actinobacteria in ibezapolstat-treated patients with C diff Infection (CDI).