John Parkinson

One clinician offers some insights on the RSV surge witnessed last year and the prospective benefits of having a maternal vaccine to protect newborns from this virus.

A look back on some of the significant discussions with clinicians, researchers, and infectious disease stakeholders.

The new recommendation from the organization believes it will help avoid delays in patient care.

Virax Biolabs has developed a T-cell testing platform to develop an immune risk profile against viral threats.

This therapy is the first of a new class of antiretrovirals, and it is indicated for people with multi-drug resistance, intolerance, or safety considerations.

Roche’s Actemra is the first FDA approved monoclonal antibody to be used for COVID-19.

The committee will meet on January 26 to discuss whether and how the composition for primary doses of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines should be modified.

In a new CDC report, these immunizations aid against emergency department and urgent care encounters in immunocompetent adults.

The New Drug Application (NDA) for the company’s investigational therapy, Olorofim, looks to serve an unmet medical need in this treatment space.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking into the possibility of this rare group of infections emerging.

A new CDC report highlights another health-related area where interruptions occurred due to the pandemic, but data suggests both improved rapidly.

TP-05, a novel, oral therapeutic recently reported topline results from its phase 1 study.

A large health system saw a reduction of 40% and 70% respectively when the antiviral was prescribed.

A single-dose of acoziborole could simplify the treatment of this fatal infection.

A new report looked at mortality over a 2 ½ year period, and the epidemiology of who was most affected.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is happening in people post-virus as well as within a 90-day period post-vaccination.

The Wistar Institute’s research on DNA-encoded SARs-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies (DMAbs) allowed it to advance to clinical trials. One researcher explains how it differs from the mRNA platform.

With an already overwhelming respiratory virus season with RSV and influenza, the hope is to prevent COVID-19 with these vaccines available to younger pediatric populations.

A clinician offers insight into what he sees in terms of these therapies and the need to get more information to those providers in the field as well as access to them.

With the proliferation of therapies for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), a clinician discusses how providers can appropriately find the balance between these novel therapies, the existing treatment guidelines, and stewardship.

A clinician has a novel approach to patient conversations around this topic to determine if they want to assess if their penicillin allergies truly present a problem for treatment.

In episode 1 of this short video series, a clinician discusses what types of patients are best suited for inpatient or outpatient care for these infections.

Two patients at a hospital in Australia were administered Thin Film Freezing Voriconazole Inhalation Powder (TFF VORI), which showed treatment efficacy for both patients.

The investigational shot from Pfizer and Valneva demonstrated higher antibody levels in the three-dose vaccination schedule versus the two-dose vaccination schedule.

The World Health Organization (WHO) made the announcement today.

A clinician offers his perspective on what he sees as a clinician and trial investigator in terms of what is in the pipeline and both the encouraging data and uncertainty in therapy development overall.

One clinician discusses strategies in how his institution minimizes the wide spectrum approach to antibiotics as well as tries to prevent potential complications.

An ICU hospitalist talks about his criteria and the treatment protocols for these cases.

Safety profile in this study showed the frequency of adverse reactions with these boosters were similar or lower than that of either a second or third dose of the original vaccine.

Dynavax reported results from its phase 1 study looking at its (Tdap-1018 CpG Adjuvanted) Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis booster vaccine.