# Contagion Live

> Contagion Live - Healthcare Publication

- Base URL: https://www.contagionlive.com
- Generated: 2026-10-20T22:52:52.233Z
- Content updates: multiple times daily

## Content Access for AI Agents

This site supports content negotiation for AI/LLM consumption. Request any article URL with an appropriate Accept header to receive structured content instead of HTML.

**Supported content types:**
- `text/markdown` — Clean Markdown with YAML frontmatter
- `text/plain` — Plain text (same as Markdown)
- `text/html` — Default HTML response

**Example request:**
```
curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://www.contagionlive.com/view/article-slug
```

**YAML frontmatter schema** (returned with every Markdown response):

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `title` | string | Article headline |
| `description` | string | Summary/excerpt (max 300 chars) |
| `url` | string | Canonical article URL |
| `canonical_url` | string | Canonical URL if different from `url` |
| `published` | ISO 8601 | Original publication date |
| `modified` | ISO 8601 | Last modification date |
| `authors` | string[] | Author display names |
| `content_type` | string | Content category (e.g., "News", "Clinical") |
| `categories` | string[] | Taxonomy categories |
| `tags` | string[] | SEO tags |
| `image` | string | Featured image URL |
| `publisher` | string | Publication/site name |

**Discovery headers** (included on all responses):
- `Link: <https://www.contagionlive.com/llms.txt>; rel="llms"` — RFC 8288 link to this file
- `X-Llms-Txt: https://www.contagionlive.com/llms.txt` — Explicit discovery header

## Usage Policy

- Robots policy: [https://www.contagionlive.com/robots.txt](https://www.contagionlive.com/robots.txt)
- Cache behavior: responses are cached for ~5 minutes (max-age=300, stale-while-revalidate=329)
- Rate guidance: prefer RSS and sitemap feeds over crawling individual pages
- Attribution: All content © MJH Life Sciences. Include source URLs when citing.

## Content Categories

- [Antibiotics Deconstructed](https://www.contagionlive.com/antibiotics-deconstructed)
- [Climate Change](https://www.contagionlive.com/climate-change)
- [Clinical](https://www.contagionlive.com/clinical)
- [Clinical Corner ](https://www.contagionlive.com/clinical-corner )
- [Conferences](https://www.contagionlive.com/conference)
- [Covid Vaccine Race](https://www.contagionlive.com/covid-vaccine-race)
- [Expert Interviews](https://www.contagionlive.com/expert-interviews)
- [HAP / VAP](https://www.contagionlive.com/hap-vap)
- [Insights](https://www.contagionlive.com/insights)
- [NO ADS](https://www.contagionlive.com/noads)
- [News](https://www.contagionlive.com/news)
- [Peer Exchange](https://www.contagionlive.com/peer-exchange)
- [Podcasts](https://www.contagionlive.com/podcasts)
- [Press Release](https://www.contagionlive.com/press-release)
- [Publications](https://www.contagionlive.com/publications)
- [Q2 Awareness Highlights](https://www.contagionlive.com/q2-awareness-highlights)
- [RSV: A New Era in Prevention](https://www.contagionlive.com/rsv-new-era-prevention)
- [SAP Partners](https://www.contagionlive.com//sap-partner)
- [Sponsored](https://www.contagionlive.com/sponsored)
- [Vaccines in America in 2026](https://www.contagionlive.com/vaccines-america-2026)
- [Videos](https://www.contagionlive.com/videos)
- [Writing Mentorship Program](https://www.contagionlive.com/writing-mentorship-program)

## Featured Content

- [Maternal Vaccination Shown to Protect Against K Pneumoniae Neonatal Sepsis](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/maternal-vaccination-shown-to-protect-against-k-pneumoniae-neonatal-sepsis): The first animal model of neonatal sepsis to evaluate protection by maternal vaccination evidences transfer of immunity against virulent, often antibi...
- [CHMP Backs Extended Use of AstraZeneca H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccine](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/chmp-backs-extended-use-of-astrazeneca-h5n1-pandemic-flu-vaccine): The CHMP adopted a positive opinion on an extension of indication for AstraZeneca's H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine at its October meeting.
- [Raw Cheddar Cheese Recall Flags Non-O157 E coli ](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/raw-cheddar-cheese-recall-flags-non-o157-e-coli-in-7-states): The company, Family Farmstead Dairy, issued a raw cheddar recall over potential contamination with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is ha...
- [HHS Updates Guidelines for Antiretroviral Treatment of HIV](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/hhs-updates-guidelines-for-antiretroviral-treatment-of-hiv): The guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been updated with recent, evidence-based consensus of The Panel for th...
- [FAQ: Ebola Prevention, Treatment and the Chances of a US Outbreak](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/faq-ebola-prevention-treatment-and-the-chances-of-a-us-outbreak): As the Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo surpasses 9300 confirmed cases and 4400 deaths, this FAQ explains how the vir...
- [Ebola Outbreak in DRC Tops 9235 Confirmed Cases, CDC Reports](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/ebola-outbreak-in-drc-tops-9235-confirmed-cases-cdc-reports): As of October 15, CDC reports 9235 confirmed cases and 4444 deaths in the Bundibugyo virus Ebola outbreak in the DRC, now the second-largest on record...
- [Measles Update: October 16, 2026](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/measles-update-october-16-2026): The latest CDC numbers show an 8.1% increase in measles cases from week-to-week, bringing the 2026 US total to 4410 confirmed cases. A CDC disease det...
- [Candida auris Evades Antifungals Without FKS1 Mutations](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/candida-auris-evades-antifungals-without-fks1-mutations): Serial bloodstream isolates from two critically ill London patients showed heteroresistance, CRZ1 escape mutations, and drug-induced polyploidy despit...
- [VaxImpactMap Projects State-Level Burden of Declining Childhood Vaccination](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/vaximpactmap-projects-state-level-burden-of-declining-childhood-vaccination): Projected disease burden from declining childhood vaccine coverage shows increases in vaccine-preventable diseases. Benjamin Lopman, PhD, provides ins...
- [1 in 8 Cancer Cases Attributed to Infection](https://www.contagionlive.com/view/1-in-8-cancer-cases-attributed-to-infection): Approximately 12% of all new cases of cancer worldwide in 2024 were attributable to an infection, with most of the infections preventable or treatable...

## Feeds and Indexes

- [RSS Feed](https://www.contagionlive.com/rss.xml): Latest articles in XML syndication format
- [Sitemap](https://www.contagionlive.com/sitemap.xml): Complete URL index for all published pages
- [News Sitemap](https://www.contagionlive.com/sitemap-news.xml): Recent articles optimized for news indexing
- [Authors Directory](https://www.contagionlive.com/authors): Browse all contributors and their published work