
Kaylee Caniff, PharmD, BCIDP, provides insights on a study looking at how urban and rural healthcare settings differ in terms of prescribing.
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Kaylee Caniff, PharmD, BCIDP, provides insights on a study looking at how urban and rural healthcare settings differ in terms of prescribing.

This form of prophylaxis showed 79% overall effectiveness across 3 European countries.

Nathan Shively, MD, talks about the increase of this antibiotic at his institution over the last several years for a variety of infections, particularly osteomyelitis. He also provides insights about dalbavancin's profile including its efficacy and adverse effects.

During National C difficile Awareness Month, the Peggy Lillis Foundation is working toward greater awareness about prescribing practices as well as cleaning methods that can prevent infections.

Rachel Britt, PharmD, BCIDP, provides insights on an evolving understanding of the long-time antibiotic’s limitations for these infections and provides guidance on other agents and the role of diagnostics in finding the best agents for patients.

Despite a 2018 American Academy of Pediatrics clinical update that recommends use of postexposure prophylaxis for prevention of the tick-borne disease in children younger than 8 years, Wesley Kufel, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, FCCP, FIDSA, points out many clinicians are unaware of this. He also discusses its efficacy at preventing the disease in this patient population.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided more information on a multistate outbreak and genomic testing.

Results from a new survey taken this past summer show immunization confidence waning among the public and some factual uncertainty around immunization. In this time of disinformation and misinformation, Ruth Lynfield, MD, discusses an approach clinicians can take in counseling parents who may have concerns about the vaccine as well as other strategies to increase immunization adherence.

Richard Webby, PhD, says increased wild bird immunity is a major factor for this year’s prediction.

In his new position, Gareth Morgan, MS, MBA, provides insights on antibiotic development strategies he would like to see during his tenure.

Jill Blumenthal, MD, MAS, offers some insights on the results from a subset of Gilead’s phase 3 PURPOSE 2 study.

At IDWeek, Jean van Wyk, MBChB, MFPM, chief medical officer at ViiV Healthcare, discussed the 96-week results from the PASO DOBLE study and the preliminary long-acting injectable PrEP results from the CLARITY study.

Ashlan Kunz Coyne, PharmD, MPH, discusses the potential of combining antibiotics with phage mixture therapy in treating these types of infections.

Jesse Clark, MD, MSc, discusses a study’s subset preliminary findings looking at this form of PrEP in this patient population.

Dumkow discusses her goals for her tenure as well as professional societies' roles in public health advocacy and AI.

Cornelius Clancy, MD, discusses insights from the real-world clinical analysis of the US cohort of the PROVE study.

Invivyd’s Chief Scientific Officer Robert Allen, PhD, provides insights on the company's investigational monoclonal antibody, VYD2311, as well as its REVOLUTION clinical program.

IDWeek Chair, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Yohei Doi, MD, provides some insights on the happenings at this year’s event.

Veronique Dartois, PhD, and Thomas Dick, PhD, discuss the multidrug resistance associated with non-TB mycobacteria and their research, which focuses on developing a novel version of this class of antibiotics for these infections.

Barry Kreiswirth, PhD, discusses how taking an approach similar to that for streptococcal pneumonia can be applied to a potential Klebsiella vaccine.

The Center for Discovery and Innovation’s Barry Kreiswirth, PhD, discusses this emerging challenge that is ongoing in both the community and healthcare settings, especially around resistant urinary tract infections and how this type of resistance can grow exponentially across strain and pathogens.

David Perlin, PhD, chief scientific officer and executive vice president, the Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI), talks about his team’s work around developing a diagnostic for Candida auris, and what they are working on in terms of developing antifungals.

The Center for Discovery and Innovation’s chief scientific officer David Perlin, PhD, discusses the factors for the growing number of cases and the difficulties in developing such treatments.

The center’s chief scientific officer David Perlin, PhD, provides some insights on the evolution of its antiviral program from its foundation in treating COVID-19 to addressing all pan-coronaviruses.

William Schaffner, MD, provides more context to the committee’s vaccines recommendations.

Recce Pharmaceuticals has begun its study for this indication in Indonesia with its investigational product, RECCE 327 topical gel (R327G).

Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, describes the university's atmosphere, students' involvement in community-based care, and the support they receive.

William Schaffner, MD, reviews clinical workup, treatment, and preventative measurements.

Nimish Patel, PharmD, discusses UC San Diego’s care offerings in HIV, the challenges of getting care to marginalized populations, and what the addition of lenacapavir means to individuals looking to access PrEP.

Jennifer Le, PharmD, MAS, FIDSA, FCCP, FCSHP, discusses her collaboration on this innovative work with this therapy in severely ill children.