Unmasking Long COVID Through Understanding Prevalence and Diagnosis
In our latest roundtable series, the discussion addressed Long COVID prevalence, underreporting, accurate diagnosis, and emphasized that Long COVID serves as an umbrella term.
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Diagnostic Stewardship, Data Collection, and Incentives are Themes of UN General Assembly on AMR
October 10th 2024A holistic, multifaceted approach with a variety of stakeholders are needed to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The recent UN meeting on this topic looked to bring together government leaders, industry, and public health officials to discuss strategies regarding the global health crisis.
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GigaGen's New Contract with BARDA for Polyclonal Antibody Development
October 4th 2024Carter Keller discusses the company's recent $135.2 million contract with BARDA to develop recombinant polyclonal antibody therapies targeting botulinum neurotoxins and an unspecified biothreat, highlighting their innovative approach to address emerging health threats.
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Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Vaxart's Oral Vaccine's Impact on COVID-19 Variants
October 4th 2024Part 2 with James F Cummings, MD, as he discusses the need for a stronger response to emerging variants, the importance of protecting high-risk populations, and the potential to reduce vaccine hesitancy through easier administration.
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Advocating for Better Regulatory Rules and Standard of Care for C difficile
September 25th 2024Maryann Webb’s harrowing, personal experience with C diff, along with her professional work with federal agencies has prepared her for a life in advocacy with the Peggy Lillis Foundation. She wants to see the fecal microbiota transplant become more accessible and is working with Congress to make the infection a notifiable infectious disease.
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A Novel Approach to Infectious Disease Surveillance
September 16th 2024The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) ProMED surveillance system is a way for clinicians and interested ID stakeholders to be aware of local outbreaks and follow-up in response to get more information on them.
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The Significance of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Dentistry
September 9th 2024Debra Goff, PharmD, discusses her advocacy around this topic and bringing the stewardship message to dentists about how antibiotic prescribing practices have changed and getting them to recalibrate their thinking and actions in their field.
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Honoring Her Daughter’s Legacy After a Long-Standing Battle With Antimicrobial Resistance
September 5th 2024After Diane Shader Smith lost her daughter, Mallory, to a multidrug resistant infection, she turned her personal tragedy into a mission designed to inform people about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and have the public coalesce around this expanding medical issue.
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The Benefits of Making C diff a Nationally Notifiable Infectious Disease
August 26th 2024In the second part of our interview with Christian Lillis, cofounder and CEO of the Peggy Lillis Foundation, he discusses what the passage of the Peggy Lillis Clostridioides difficile Inclusion Act would do for reporting of the infection as well as the potential ancillary effects around antibiotic development and antimicrobial resistance.
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