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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases decreased due to COVID-19 precautions. Investigators estimated the rate and timing of RSV resurgence over the next few years.

Nearly 20% of infants were overweight or obese by 1 year of age regardless of HIV exposure, a new study in South Africa found.

Two different doses of the company's mRNA vaccine were found to increase antibodies by up to 83-fold.

Will this winter bring the feared twindemic of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza, or will another common infection reemerge?

Planning travel and social gatherings as Omicron gathers steam requires extra preparation and a degree of flexibility.

A study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia found namilumab, but not infliximab, significantly reduced inflammation and CRP concentration.

Pfizer-BioNTech will be testing 3 doses of their vaccine in children older than 6 months and younger than 5 years, instead of the original 2-dose regimen.

Children in the United States will be able to avoid potentially millions of hours of at-home quarantining under a testing program unveiled by the CDC today.

The proposed funding will include a number of measures of spending towards HIV and prevention, including community centers for PrEP education.

Side effects that occur during concurrent vaccine administrations can influence future vaccine decisions.

A review of the data and circumstances that led to authorization in children ages 5 to 11 years.

Clinical trial compares immunogenicity of mixing mRNA, adenoviral and spike-adjuvant vaccines in 2-dose series against COVID-19.

Antimicrobial resistance is “the silent pandemic,” Dr. Leonard Friedland says, and vaccines are how we fight it.

The website, LearnAntibiotics.com, is a supplemental tool offering guides, practice exams, and other resources to help students, residents, or practicing professionals with infectious diseases pharmacotherapy.

Hospitalists can be better equipped to identify patients most in need of intervention and standardize sepsis management efforts.

A clinical trial of 8 sub-Saharan African countries will be the first to study the efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in people living with HIV.

A personal history of cervical cancer or cervical biopsy did not make mothers more likely to vaccinate their children against HPV.

A study's results may have implications for future virus tracking.

Patients with severe COVID-19 who received high-flow oxygen therapy were less likely to need mechanical ventilation and had a shorter time to clinical recovery, investigators in Colombia found.

Christian Lillis, co-founder and executive director of the Peggy Lillis Foundation (PLF) for C diff Education & Advocacy, says that taking care of each other is often the best way to stop the spread of infectious diseases.

A once-weekly treatment for deadly fungal infections from Cidara Therapeutics and Mundipharma, rezafungin demonstrated positive results in its phase 3 clinical trial.

The company believes the pill should work against the Omicron variant.

A reflection on the wins and setbacks in the second year of our pandemic, 2021.

The federal agency will provide $22 million in funding to organizations worldwide dedicated to identifying next crisis.

A novel digital pill was 98% effective in tracking daily HIV PrEP adherence.

HPV vaccination decreases cervical cancer incidence and mortality, but it is most effective in young women and girls.