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Additional evidence supports the use of oritavancin as a cost-saving outpatient treatment for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSTIs) in patients who would otherwise be admitted to the hospital for therapy.

A new analysis details the potential clinical and economic benefits of implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in hemodialysis facilities.

A universal flu vaccine candidate elicits protective response in mice against multiple strains of the virus.

A sputum molecular testing algorithm accurately identified TB and was easily implemented in a center in San Francisco.

The FDA has approved eravacycline (XERAVA) for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections.

Two public health experts discuss the recent rapid increase in incidence of infectious diseases that has been linked with injection drug use.

Can we find an alternative for chlorhexidine gluconate?

In a wounded mouse model concurrently infected with influenza A, investigators observed that the innate immune system prioritized responding to the lung infection, delaying wound healing.

New recommendations from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices reveal that health care providers have the intranasally-administered live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) among their arsenal of available vaccines for the 2018-2019 flu season.

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The Democratic of the Congo Ministry of Health has authorized the use of 5 experimental Ebola treatments as more than 100 cases of Ebola are reported.

A relatively rare event, an outbreak can be deadly for sick patients and water sources are often to blame.

Since 2006, the number of reported US listeriosis outbreaks associated with cheese made under unsanitary conditions has increased.

A new analysis by CDC investigators found that nearly 1 in 400 children aged

The FDA has added Lassa fever, chikungunya virus disease, rabies, and cryptococcal meningitis to the tropical disease Priority Review Voucher Program.

Health care providers, especially those practicing in the southern United States, should consider angiostrongyliasis in patients with eosinophilic meningitis.

A new review examines previous studies and concludes that healthcare professionals could benefit from sensitivity training when dealing with patients who have HAIs.

The incidence of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W is rising in Georgia.

The results are significant given the ongoing debate regarding the role of contact precautions for the gram-positive bacteria.

We’ve rounded up the Salmonella outbreaks that have been declared by the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control so far this summer.

Closing treatment gaps is critical to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States.

A new study reveals that the quadrivalent HPV catch-up vaccine was most effective against cancer risk in women who received the first dose between the ages of 14 and 20 years.

There is a new treatment for this old disease, so why are we still worried?

The NIH has begun a phase 1 trial assessing the safety of rZIKV/D4Δ30-713, a Zika virus vaccine.

Over 400 individuals have been infected with Cyclospora across 15 states in an outbreak linked to McDonald’s salads.

A recent molecular study has confirmed the causative agent involved in a large epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans and dogs in Mexicali, in Baja California, Mexico.

We’re rounded up a list of recalls issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from this past week.

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