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The co-founders of BioNTech said they expect to present US and European regulators with data soon for children 5-11 years old.

Islatravir exerts multiple mechanisms against HIV, demonstrates treatment effectiveness with doravirine, and is a potential weekly or monthly oral PrEP.

New York City-based Montefiore Health System has adapted its inpatient treatment over the course of the last year to help enable better patient care and reduce healthcare-acquired infections (HAI).

With a noticeable frustration, President Joe Biden laid out a plan last night to combat the pandemic with employer mandates and other initiatives.

In a move that is going to be announced, the administration is going to look to mandate vaccines for any companies with 100 employees or more

The shot will be its NanoFlu/NVX-CoV2373 vaccine using the company’s Matrix-M adjuvant platform.

A new study looked at the naturally-acquired spike immunoglobin (Ig) G antibodies, and how they hold up against neutralization and protect us against future infection.

The model found patients whose physicians received artificial intelligence-based alerts also spend fewer days in the hospital.

Past research has observed links between cardiovascular disease and influenza infection. Vaccination may benefit at-risk patients.

One fatality of a 12-year old boy was reported in Kerala.

A neighborhood-level assessment of major cities show areas impacted the most by historic COVID-19 deaths are significantly less vaccinated.

The first participants were vaccinated in the study with Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) investigational vaccine candidate in adults ages 60 or older.

HIV coinfection was associated with a 3.7-fold increase in the risk of non-liver-related cancer among patients with hepatitis C virus infection, a new study found.

Although the risk of contracting COVID-19 remains low post full vaccination, investigators found there was a 49% less risk with developing long COVID.

Optimizing delivery of HIV preexposure prophylaxis will take more than access to health care, according to a recent analysis of PrEP use behaviors among adults in an integrated health system.

The STOP Spillover project is aiming to prevent remerging infectious disease outbreaks.

Despite heightened cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, too few get drugs at appropriate dose, researchers say.

JAMA study highlights more reluctance among communities of color.

It is important to go out into the local communities to educate people about PrEP as countries try to scale up with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) PrEP recommendations.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports on a newly classified variant of interest (VOI) and information about another South African strain is made public. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prepares for meetings on COVID-19 booster doses.

The federal agency is advising people to not eat Fratelli Beretta brand prepackaged uncured antipasto trays.

Incidence of cholangitis with mult-drug resistant bacteria was higher among patients who regularly use proton pump inhibitors, a new study in Japan found.

The company reported its third shot induced antibody responses of more than 40 times against the Delta variant.

Montefiore Health System has a long history of treating infectious disease, and with the current pandemic and other emerging pathogens, they remain vigilant to potential outbreaks.

Purified nisin is effective at killing Clostridioides difficile, a recent ex vivo study demonstrated, opening up the potential to use the bacteriocin as a treatment.

In the latest article from SIDP, here is a look at therapy options addressing this emerging clinical challenge.

Global use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis has risen as more countries have adopted World Health Organization recommendations.

The European Council decides to remove the United States from the list of safe countries for non-essential travelers to come into the European Union (EU).