Jason C. Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, is a clinical professor at Temple University (TU) School of Pharmacy and a clinical pharmacy specialist in infectious diseases at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also is director of the PGY2 Residency in Infectious Diseases Pharmacy at TU.
Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses how a coalition of major medical professional societies needed to step in to sue the federal government after sweeping changes to US vaccine policy under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reshaped the CDC’s vaccine advisory process. The medical organizations argued that the evidence-based foundations of public health recommendations had been compromised.
A series of politically driven actions in 2025—including defunding mRNA research, dismantling vaccine advisory bodies, and restricting CDC recommendations—has undermined US vaccine access and pandemic preparedness, but professional societies and some states are stepping in to preserve evidence-based public health.
Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses the recent changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and where professional societies must step in and lead with research data and clinical guidance in the absence of experienced committee members.
This is the second in a series looking at the intersection of government and public health. In this segment, Contagion Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses the WHO pullout, and the pauses on federal communication and research grants.
As politics increasingly intersects with science, infectious disease clinicians are called to take on advocacy roles. By engaging with their communities, clinicians can dispel misconceptions, highlight the importance of federal health institutions, and emphasize their role in safeguarding public health and advancing medical progress.
Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS discusses this agent as a potential tool for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV infection. And if it is approved, the ability to overcome access issues in low to middle income countries that have a greater need.
In the latest issue, Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses the continuous antibiotic trade-off of targeted vs broad spectrum therapies and cheap vs expensive options as they relate to UTI treatment.
In the October Editor-in-Chief letter, Jason Gallagher PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, writes about this novel antibiotic indicated for a targeted, resistant pathogen and its long-term viability.
With recent reports of this vector-borne illness in the continental United States, there is concern this might become endemic in the country again.
As the official COVID-19 emergency is declared over, our Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, reflects on the public health response, the scientific successes, and the shortcomings that were experienced.
Two RSV vaccines for seniors have completed phase 3 trials and demonstrated beneficial results. FDA decisions on potential approvals for both could be forthcoming in the next few weeks.
As COVID-19 evolves, learning how to live with a virus that has become endemic will have its challenges, but medical science will help the public be able to accept it.
Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher discusses the surging number of cases of influenza and RSV while there is a concomitant shortage of amoxicillin suspension.
Our cover story for the October 2022 print edition of Contagion details the original coronavirus.
The Paxlovid approval reaffirms the importance of pharmacists in fighting COVID-19.
Here is a review of the literature for this class of antibiotics.
With few exceptions, COVID-19 therapies have not been studied comparatively, so choosing therapies to preferentially recommend is difficult and is done, instead, by strength of evidence and quality of data.
As we recently surpassed the 2-year mark of the pandemic, the May issue reflects on lessons learned thus far.
The idea of a future with COVID-19 is settling in, and building strategies that improve quality of life as we live with this viral disease are paramount.
Drs Angela Rasmussen and Donald Alcendor detail the roadblocks facing COVID-19 booster shots.
A panel of doctors explains whether or not someone can get a different COVID-19 booster from their original vaccinations and how they compare.
Experts discuss who is eligible for COVID-19 booster shots and the misinformation around COVID-19 vaccinations.
Angela Rasmussen, PhD, and Donald Alcendor, PhD have a conversation on the recent expansion of COVID-19 booster shot usage in eligible populations.
Key opinion leaders debate on the necessity of COVID-19 booster shots.
A reflection on the wins and setbacks in the second year of our pandemic, 2021.
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