Lori Handy, MD, provides guidance in these areas, including presentation before rash onset, when patients should be considered for the inpatient setting, and what treatment looks like.

In the phase 3 LIBERTY study, the investigational monoclonal antibody, VYD2311, had significantly fewer adverse events than an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, and it did not blunt vaccine-induced neutralizing titers when the two were given together.

The latest CDC numbers show a 5.0% increase of measles cases from week-to-week. The US total reached 4,080 confirmed cases, 78% above all of 2025.

UTI guidelines are moving away from complicated or uncomplicated infections to localized or systemic classification terminologies. Guidelines author Zachary Nelson, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP, provides further insights on the changes including applying antibiograms, potential costs, and whether clinicians will embrace these new classifications.

With US measles cases nearing 3,900 this year and Pennsylvania reporting its fifth measles-related death, here is a review of how the virus spreads, how it is prevented and managed, and what severe disease looks like.

Vaxcyte's 31-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine candidate met every prespecified primary immunogenicity and safety endpoint against PCV20 and PCV21 in the OPUS-1 trial of 4,047 US adults.

Jason Pogue, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, contextualizes preliminary data looking at this trial and other extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) studies, which reopens the debate around carbapenem-sparing treatment options.

With a significant increase in rabies exposures this year, Rodney Rohde, PhD, talks about seeking medical attention after animal interactions as well as clinical treatment when people have been bit or scratched.