Jonna Lorenz

Sexual risk behavior was significantly lower among men in community supervision programs who participated in couples-based intervention, in a recent study.

Subcutaneous implants are 1 promising strategy to address suboptimal adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV, and a recent in silico simulation examined pharmacokinetic profiles and safety of tenofovir alafenamide implants.

Investigators used computer algorithms to predict primate species likely to be positive for Zika virus in Central and South America.

An intradermal Ebola vaccine candidate shows promise as a safe, temperature-stable, and effective option for preventing outbreaks, new data show.

A 1-month course of rifapentine plus isoniazid is non-inferior to 9 months of isoniazid alone for preventing TB in individuals with HIV, a study reports.

A new study found an average decrease of sexual anxiety by 0.27 points when participants were on PrEP compared with before treatment.

Investigators at Georgia State University have received a federal grant to explore if a microneedle patch could be a universal flu vaccine candidate.

The study found that that acute care hospitals with a 20% reduction in fluoroquinolone or third and fourth generation cephalosporins had a “corresponding decrease” in hospital-onset C diff.

A study of MSM suggests optimizing at-home testing for STIs and HIV could increase rates of testing, while noting a need to balance convenience with educational outreach.

A communitywide HIV prevention package including in-home testing and antiretroviral therapy reduces new infections, according to a study from the HIV Prevention Trials Network.

Infectious diseases were responsible for 6% of unexpected deaths over a 2-year period in Ontario, highlighting the importance of prevention strategies.

Responses to 10 university-based outbreaks of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup B underscored the importance of MenB vaccination coverage to protect students.

Persistence on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drops off dramatically over a 2-year time period, with only 2 out of 5 users persisting on the treatment, according to a recent study from Emory University.

Investigators in Denmark showed that a cocktail of common antibiotics could fight resistant E coli and treat urinary tract infections after determining that resistance toward 1 drug leads to sensitivity to another.

Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has complicated public health efforts and overshadowed strides made in the response to the Ebola outbreak there.

Women in the South look to family planning providers for more information about HIV PrEP, according a recent study in the journal Contraception.

A new assay distinguishes between intact and defective HIV proviruses in infected cells, a study reports.

The incidence of invasive meningococcal disease fell from 67% in the first quarter of the study period to 4% during the last quarter at a hospital in Spain.

A new study reports that many health care workers had the ability to neutralize the Ebola virus, despite never exhibiting symptoms of infection.

Hospital-acquired conditions fell 13% between 2014 and 2017, according to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Single-dose tafenoquine shows promise for the radical cure of P vivax malaria, according to two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Sink drains near toilets in hospital rooms could be reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new study suggests.

Targeted marketing of PrEP has unintended consequences that could be avoided with improved messaging, a commentary in The Lancent says.

Whole-genome sequencing could speed up targeted treatment for patients infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a proof of concept study by Johns Hopkins investigators determined.

In 2016, 60% of adolescents had initiated the HPV vaccine series but only 16% completed the vaccination series by age 13 and 35% by age 15.

An outbreak in California of wound botulism associated with black tar heroin emphasizes the need of raising awareness about the risk of infectious diseases related to the opioid epidemic.