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We’ve rounded up a list of important US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recalls from this past week.

Eleven cases of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported in a multistate outbreak with a suspected link to contact with hedgehogs.

Stay up-to-date on the latest infectious disease news by checking out our top 5 articles of the week.

CDC reports that 81 individuals brought measles into the United States following a trip to another country in 2018.

Investigators in the United Kingdom are closer to understanding how a 5% genetic difference between global Salmonella and a virulent strain of African Salmonella which leads to nearly 400,000 deaths each year in sub-Saharan Africa.

Are surgical pens giving insight into unknown contamination in the OR?

Women living in or traveling to Africa and the Middle East should take precautions and avoid contact with mosquitoes and livestock.

Tests revealed similar genome type—the potentially lethal 7d variant—among cases despite various facilities of origin.

A clinical trial is underway evaluating whether the vaccine candidate ID93 + GLA-SE can induce immune responses to prevent against reinfection and reactivation of TB.

The FDA has permitted the marketing of a new test designed to aid in the diagnosis of Mycoplasma genitalium a sexually-transmitted infection.

WHO has compiled a list of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019 and 6 of them are infectious disease-related.

The FDA has approved the use of the 0.5 mL dose of Fluzone Quadrivalent influenza vaccine to include children age 6 through 35 months.

The sNDAs will seek approval for the use of doravirine and doravirine/lamivudine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in individuals with HIV-1 whose virus is suppressed and are switching from a stable antiretroviral regimen.

A study of the approach worked wonders in China, but it may not effectively shift the burden of costs associated with testing in the US.

As the government shutdown passes the 1-month mark, Contagion® investigates how it is affecting public health agencies.

Applying hospital-based outbreak tools helped researchers identify a community MRSA outbreak

Investigators wanted to know if using linezolid in place of ethambutol in the treatment of pulmonary TB might shorten treatment times. The results of a new study show the swap worked, but not as well as other therapies.

Authors of a new report in JAMA introduce the 4 moments of antibiotic decision making, an easy-to-remember method that can be incorporated in real-time clinical practice.

A new review shows transgender women face higher HIV rates than transgender men, but also finds a relative lack of data about transmen.

A team from the Biozentrum at the University of Basel in Switzerland determined that they could successfully manipulate T cells in mice to preserve allogeneic tissue transplants, but maintain pathogen-specific immunity.

In a multi-institution collaboration assessing 22 influenza forecasting models, the majority of models consistently showed higher accuracy than historical baseline models.

An outbreak in California of wound botulism associated with black tar heroin emphasizes the need of raising awareness about the risk of infectious diseases related to the opioid epidemic.

An investigative maternal vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) could soon alter the scope of care for the condition, which is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children younger than 1 year in the US.

We’ve rounded up a list of important US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recalls from this past week.

Stay up-to-date on the latest infectious disease news by checking out our top 5 articles of the week.

A new portable metagenomic technology allowed investigators to perform real-time analysis of viral genomes during a 2018 Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria.

A large percentage of individuals with a documented allergy to penicillin can actually be treated safely with this class of antibiotics. It just requires careful evaluation and management on the part of health care providers.

In a new study, Michigan State University investigators identified an immune receptor, SLAMF7, that had the ability to decrease immune response when activated on monocytes.

While young people with enteric infections have the lion’s share of symptoms, the elderly suffer higher rates of complications and hospitalizations from these illnesses. Arriving at a correct, timely diagnosis for this cohort of patients is key.

A new analysis reports that 1 in 4 infants with bronchiolitis was given an antibiotic despite the fact that 70% of patients did not meet prescribing recommendations set by the American Academy of Pediatrics.