Michaela Fleming

A 2-week old Ebola outbreak in the DRC has already surpassed the previous outbreak

The CDC now recommends that men who have been exposed to Zika use condoms or abstain from sex for 3 months to prevent sexual transmission of Zika.

The PDUFA action date has been set for February 13, 2019.

Several outbreaks of mumps in university settings throughout Indiana in 2016 highlight a need for standardized immunization record collection and a third MMR vaccination dose for individuals at increased risk of infection.

In addition to over 100 cases across the country, the first case of WNV infection for 2018 was just reported in Contagion®’s home base of New Jersey.

The method uses genetic sequencing to pinpoint the source of new infections following a community intervention, therefore measuring the impact of the intervention.

NIH researchers discovered that norovirus and rotavirus can be transmitted through cloaked viral clusters which exacerbate the spread and severity of disease.

The FDA advisory committee voted 17 to 1 in favor of omadacycline for treatment of ABSSSI and 14 to 4 for the treatment of CABP.

The CDC reports that 1 in 7 infants exposed to Zika during pregnancy developed a birth defect or abnormality related to the virus.

Investigators report that the duration of viral shedding of influenza A in obese adults was 42% longer than nonobese adults.

New research suggests 4 months of rifampin produced higher rates of adherence than 9 months of isoniazid in individuals with latent tuberculosis.

Syphilis continues to spread in indigenous populations residing in 4 jurisdictions throughout Australia.

The growing incidence of tick-borne infections has clinicians and researchers calling for new, effective prevention and control methods.

Investigators from Yale School of Medicine, in collaboration with Novartis Vaccines, Inc, have developed a novel vaccine that successfully protects against malaria infection in a mouse model.

New cases of Ebola were confirmed in the North Kivu Province, just 1 week after the outbreak in the Equator Province ended.

New data reveals that mcr-1 carrying Enterobacteriaceae can be detected on hospital surfaces, indicating that this plasmid has the ability to spread in key human pathogens.

A simulation exercise conducted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security emphasizes the need for new policies and procedures to reduce negative outcomes in future pandemics.

Legionella bacteria were detected in the water supply of a Bronx hospital as cases of Legionnaires’ disease rise in Lower Washington Heights cluster.

Since August of 2017, there have been 1,170 cases of hepatitis A in Kentucky, resulting in 658 hospitalizations and 8 deaths.

The FDA has indicated that whey powder is a common ingredient in 3 products recalled this week for potential Salmonella contamination.

At week 96, 73.1% of patients infected with HIV-1 and treated with once-daily doravirine + other ART medications, achieved viral suppression.

Dolutegravir and lamivudine combination regimen met primary endpoint in 2 phase 3 studies of treatment-naïve patients with HIV.

After 42 days without any new confirmed cases, the ninth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is officially over.

Mosaic-based vaccine regimen maintained humoral and cellular HIV immune responses according to long-term data from APPROACH.

A new study reports that PrEP users were more likely to receive more primary health care services compared with non-PrEP users.

Tafenoquine is the first single-dose medicine for the prevention of P vivax malaria relapse.

New research reports that sentiments included in nursing notes can serve as an indicator of whether ICU patients will survive.

The CDC has announced an investigation of a multidrug-resistant outbreak of Salmonella Reading infections that have been linked with raw turkey.

The CDC has announced an investigation of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Sandiego infections that have been linked with pasta salad.

The FDA has approved the first complete, darunavir-based single-tablet regimen (STR) for the treatment of HIV in treatment-naïve and certain virologically suppressed adults.