John Parkinson

VisualDx is a platform that can provide clinicians with assistive technology and burgeoning providers with patient education.

Two people developed Guillain-Barre syndrome among a total of 19,942 vaccinated participants in the clinical studies submitted for the company’s biologicals license application (BLA).

This fungal infection is an example of either being a treatable ailment or one that can cause severe disease and death depending on access to diagnostic and treatment resources.

Investigators looked at people living with HIV (PLWH) and the impact of this form of medication on potential cardiovascular events.

The federal agency is advising restaurants, retailers, and consumers against consuming raw oysters from this Canadian province.

A new report shows these providers are playing a larger role in vaccine administration, but without federal legislation codifying PREP, half the US states could determine not to continue this path for pharmacists and take away this now vital responsibility.

At the CROI conference, AELIX Therapeutics announced positive topline results for a phase 2a clinical trial.

The federal agency set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of August 2023.

A researcher who presented at CROI discusses this prolonged and debilitating condition.

A clinician presenting at CROI discusses the phenomenon and offers insights and considerations for treating patients who are dealing with this.

The unidentified German man cleared the virus after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and seems to have eliminated the HIV reservoir, which would be further along than the first two HIV-free patients who underwent the same procedure.

Results reported at CROI showed that 2 cohorts of the ongoing, phase 3 DELIVER study that this form of PrEP modality posed no differences in pregnancy and infant outcomes.

A clinician offers insights on the initial conversations around learning to treat a chronic disease and the importance behind getting patients started down the right treatment path in the early days following a diagnosis.

The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) begins today and SARS-CoV-2 has developed into a sustained topic at this annual conference.

The agency accepted 2 Supplemental New Drug Applications (sNDA) related to 2 different transplant populations.

Administered during the Omicron-dominant phase, the vaccine's efficacy was 73.2% in individuals 6 months to 4 years of age.

Ferring’s RBX2660 can be utilized by clinicians for patients with recurrent C diff.

This extension of the partnership will include 1.5 million more doses of the vaccine.

A hospital reviewed both treatments in a real-world clinical setting to determine the effectiveness in preventing early and late recurrences.

The 2023 changes include vaccines for influenza, pneumococcal disease, measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and COVID-19.

The antiviral did not modify SARS–CoV-2 RNA clearance, and did not increase the risk of adverse events.

A phase 1 trial with the investigational vaccine, TNX-801, for the prevention of mpox and smallpox is expected to start in the second half of 2023.

A single-dose of peginterferon lambda demonstrated efficacy in a largely vaccinated cohort and the therapy accelerated clearance of the virus.

Chinese investigators said genome analysis suggests 2 existing Omicron sub-variants, BA52 and BF7, were among the most dominant variants in Beijing.

A prominent researcher offers some insights on this emerging fungal infection.

FDA says products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria and were distributed along the east coast in several states.

Looking to appeal to the financial incentives of antibiotic development, a recent policy paper explores how lives can be saved and a return of investment (ROI) can be realized.

Can a similar approach that brought breakthrough therapies for cystic fibrosis bring about much needed change to antibiotic development?

The agency said it was revising the Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) for Lagevrio and Paxlovid in order to protect public health.

A specific brand, EzriCare Artificial Tears, has been associated with multidrug resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In addition, FDA has sent a letter to companies making claims of prevention and treatment for mpox.