Company Receives NIH Grant For Novel Investigational Antibiotic to Combat ‘Super Gonorrhea’
May 27th 2025TAXIS Pharmaceuticals announced it received a $2.9 million dollar federal grant, which will allow the company to further advance its efforts with its dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors (DHFRIs) for the rapidly spreading and antibiotic-resistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Clinicians Discuss the State of Vaccines Today
A panel discusses how vaccine policy under new federal government policies, why misinformation has flourished and what individual providers can do to win back patient trust.
Persistent Strain of E coli That Caused Multiple Outbreaks Identified
May 17th 2025A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication reports on REPEXH01, a strain of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7, which has been responsible for at least 9 outbreaks in the US since 2017.
Can Diagnostics Aid in Alleviating Antimicrobial Resistance and Sepsis?
May 16th 2025In our latest From Pathogen to Infectious Disease Diagnosis podcast, bioMérieux Chief Medical Officer Chuck Cooper, MD, discusses the burden of resistance, and insights on the company’s novel Vitek Compact Pro ID/AST system, which looks to identify infectious disease in a timely manner, and aid clinicians in diagnosing patients and streamlining antimicrobial treatment and avoiding severe complications such as sepsis.
Handwashing: An Infection Prevention Method That We Forget?
May 15th 2025Robert Hopkins Jr, MD, the medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases discusses the results of the organization's new survey and the surprising findings that many people forget to wash their hands after key times or believe it is not needed.
New Report Calls For Funding Treatments, Greater Emphasis on Chronic Lyme Disease
May 14th 2025A small percentage of people who contract the tick-borne illness have lingering symptoms and health issues after the acute infection has been treated, but there are no FDA-approved therapies to deal with prolonged symptoms. A new report looks to address this issue.