Infectious Disease

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Respiratory virus season is top of mind for Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and he says it's going to be a challenge.

Pair the risk of side effects associated with a COVID-19 shot with the risk of death in a car accident and see what happens. It worked in this study.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

The FDA now recommends serial testing following a negative result on any at-home COVID-19 antigen test to reduce the risk of a false negative result.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

After exposure to COVID-19, asymptomatic individuals in low-risk settings no longer need to quarantine, says the CDC; masking is still recommended.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Lyme disease vaccine being tested in phase 3 trial, Lyme disease diagnoses up 357%, and 3 more updates on tick-borne diseases.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Timely initiation of DAA treatment, regardless of insurance type, is crucial in reducing HCV-related death, disparity, and transmission, concluded CDC researchers.

A smaller dose given by intradermal injection will expand the total US supply by a factor of 5, FDA says.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, and RSV: 4 drug makers have all 3 viruses targeted for vaccines, alone and in combination. Click through the flash-card update.

Refresh your memory on refugee immunization recommendations with a 2-question quiz based on a patient scenario.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Monkeypox will now be treated as a public health emergency in the US where the outbreak has become the largest in the world, according to authorities.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Investigators from CDC warned, however, that HPV vaccinations missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic could stymie this progress.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

In this current US catchup vaccination era, which immunization not yet administered could have prevented the illnesses in each situation?

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

The first US polio case in more than a decade was found in vaccination-poor Rockland County, NY, where the virus has now been found in wastewater.

Infectious disease specialist Rodger MacArthur, MD, took a long-awaited vacation--and got COVID. He shares his conclusions about the BA.5 variant in particular.

When a workup begins with lab tests a thorough history can be an afterthought. Before this patient had a blind liver biopsy, case author Dr Rodger MacArthur asked some simple questions.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

A new survey of monkeypox outbreak perceptions among US adults offers primary care clinicians a quick take on what their patients may be thinking.