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Members of both branches brought it back to gain support and passage of a bill aimed at greater development of antibiotics.

Rates of central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia all increased in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

The complexity of dealing with emerging infectious diseases makes preparedness difficult.

A clinician offers ideas about who to target for immunization and strategic considerations when having these conversations.

One of the most challenging aspects of clinicans’ jobs is giving patients and staff bad news. A clinician offers some strategies to help shape an approach in having these conversations.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being utilized already says one clinician. She explains her optimism about the technology, and says it will help augment any potential challenges providers have now or in the future.

At 7.1%, vitamin C deficiency in the US is rare. Unfortunately, identifying scurvy is complex, frustrating, and time-consuming for both patient and provider.

A paradigm shift is emerging when it comes to the clinical approach to prescribing antibiotics. One clinician weighs in on using this class of therapeutics more judiciously.

An epidemiologist offers some insights on what we need to take into a potential next pandemic including infrastructure investment and more effectively communicating messages to the public.

Panel moderator Rodney Rohde, PhD, notes that word choice is important and clinicians should emphasize the COVID-19 vaccine is not a live virus but is instead designed to challenge the immune system to protect against the virus.

Containing 20 serotypes, Pfizer's Prevnar 20 grants the broadest serotype coverage of any pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

An outbreak of the highly infectious measles virus has led American Samoa to declare a public health emergency.

This gathering is the nation’s largest for internal medicine doctors and has many infectious disease-related scientific sessions.

By addressing ART-related medication errors and increasing linkage to care, antiretroviral stewardship programs can improve management of inpatients with HIV.

Vowst (SER-109) has received FDA approval to treat recurrent C diff infection, making it the first oral microbiome therapeutic.

The findings of this study could pave the way for new, disease-targeted probiotics.

Important clinical considerations to know about resistant CMV infections.

The last week in April is World Immunization Week, and we're recapping the most recent and significant developments in infectious disease vaccines.

The study authors wanted to further understand post-COVID-19 infection “brain fog” and sought a new name for the phenomenon.

The antiviral is being studied for treatment for those at high-risk for severe COVID-19, no matter their vaccine status.

The key is using the right dose on the right patient at the right time.

This study surveyed parents’ opinions on the risks of COVID-19 infection versus vaccination to determine how they affected the decision to vaccinate a child against COVID-19.

The combination appears more likely than either agent alone to reduce risk of early COVID-19 symptoms worsening and requiring hospitalization.

Data from New Haven County, Connecticut, suggests the pandemic might have hurt efforts to curb recurrent CDI.

This was the first study to compare clinical outcomes in carbapenemase-producing (CP-CRE) and non–carbapenemase-producing (nCP-CRE) infections.

The floods, heat waves, droughts, and other calamities caused by excessive greenhouse gas emissions also make us more vulnerable to ill effects of pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, plants and fungi.

Omicron lineages, and especially BA.5, were determined to have higher reinfection rates and lower disease severity than previously circulating variants of concern.

The Peggy Lillis Foundation will host its summit on Monday and has a number of speakers who will discuss topics related to this healthcare-associated infection (HAI).

Two RSV vaccines for seniors have completed phase 3 trials and demonstrated beneficial results. FDA decisions on potential approvals for both could be forthcoming in the next few weeks.

While efforts to curb in-hospital infection seem to have paid off, community-acquired cases appear headed in the opposite direction.