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The rise in antibiotic resistance has led experts to focus on how to appropriately manage and regulate shared-use antibiotics in humans and animals.

The FDA has accepted for review the NDA for Mayne Pharma’s SUBA-Itraconazole capsules for the treatment of 3 systemic fungal infections.

The tech mogul shares that world leaders need to prepare for the next pandemic—whatever the root cause—including plans for mobilizing military, health, and other resources while coordinating efforts with private industry.

This emotional drive carried throughout the continuum of the prescribing pathway, from initial prescription to stopping or de-escalating antibiotics.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) votes that the benefits of TPOXX outweigh its risks.

New CDC report warns of the growing burden of vector-borne diseases in the United States.

A recent study finds that treatment with albendazole was associated with improved physical fitness in women farmers infected with hookworm.

Experts need to be ready to respond to outbreaks of emerging mosquito-borne diseases in the United States.

More individuals are falling ill in what officials are referring to as the largest E. coli outbreak since 2006.

A new study gives strong reasons to back implementing cleaning strategies for hospital privacy curtains.

The pharmaceutical giant will also launch a program committed to equitable pricing in malaria-endemic countries for new treatments along with expanding pediatric treatment availability and work to strengthen health care systems in 4 African nations.

In case you missed them, we’ve compiled a list of the latest recalls posted this week.

In case you missed them, we've compiled the top five infectious disease articles from this past week.

A large outbreak caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus has hit humans living in Nigeria.

A recent study finds no difference in risk for adverse birth outcomes between 3 antiretroviral regimens taken by pregnant women with HIV, including TDF-FTC-LPV/r, a regimen that has raised safety concerns in a past trial.

A recent study sheds light on how long Zika virus can be transmitted through semen following infection, while another study assessed the side effects of Zika infection on infants with post-natal exposure.

Investigational beta-lacatamase inhibitor IMI/REL demonstrates a favorable overall response against certain imipenem-non-susceptible bacterial infections.

Dr. Gonzalo Bearman delves into the use of contact precautions for endemic pathogens such as MRSA and VRE and assesses the effectiveness of this approach.

If this indication is approved, physicians will be able to reserve the vaccine for young children to protect them against the 2019-2020 flu season.

Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System indicate two-thirds of transgender men and women have not been tested for HIV/AIDS.

Should hospitals worry about severe weather events and their impact on infections?

Following outbreaks of measles and yellow fever in parts of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, PAHO is leading the 16th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas in an effort to vaccinate 70 million individuals against several diseases.

Researchers present positive new data from multiple studies of VIBATIV at the 2018 ECCMID conference in Madrid, Spain.

A lesson from the recent Association of Health Care Journalists conference from one of the expert panelists, Contagion®’s very own, Saskia Popescu, MPH, MA, CIC.

If there are controlled substances at your facility, diversion is happening. What can be done to prevent future events?

This is the first Breakthrough Therapy designation for a MenB vaccine to help protect children as young as 1 year of age.

By studying norovirus infections in mice, researchers have discovered how the virus targets rare intestinal cells to cause intense illness.

Researchers present preliminary case series of confirmed cases of hepatitis A virus at Detroit Medical Center as Michigan struggles with ongoing outbreak.