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Amanda Jezek, of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), offers some insight on the prospective bill in Congress, as well as other AMR initiatives the organization is involved in.

After 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.

In this episode, clinicians discuss challenges associated with these topics and offer management insights on them.

Invivyd’s investigational pemivibart (Pemgarda), which received an FDA emergency use authorization earlier this year, continued to show efficacy in preventing disease onset over a 6-month exploratory period in this patient population.

The town of Plymouth decided to prohibit people from using the parks from dusk to dawn due to concerns over eastern equine encephalitis after a man contracted the rare disease in the state.

In 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.

In our latest roundtable series, we cover different aspects of HIV care. In this series, clinicians discuss diagnosis, therapies such as long-acting injectables, treating patients with multidrug resistance and more.

Bavarian Nordic is working to get their MVA-BN (Jynneos) mpox vaccine to those affected in African countries, as well as working towards a clinical trial for the younger pediatric population, and potential regulatory approval in Europe for adolescents.

Mitch Wolfe, MD, former Chief Medical Officer of CDC, offers some insights on mpox including the benefits of declaring a global emergency, disease transmission, and considerations for both the US public and clinicians.

Scott Bertani, who is the director of Advocacy of the National Coalition for LGBTQ Health, discusses what the new mpox health declarations mean to the US, which groups are high risk, and information about the vaccine to prevent the disease.

The vaccine, Jynneos, manufactured by Bavarian Nordic, is being shipped to Africa to address the ongoing mpox outbreak.

Peggy Lillis Foundation CEO Christian Lillis talks about how he became involved in advocacy around C diff and his motivation in helping to bring a bill to Congress to make the healthcare-associated infection a nationally notifiable infectious disease and condition.

With the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, The World Health Organization reported a public health update. Officials are concerned about what is happening inside the Gaza Strip particularly around a variety of diseases and health conditions including hepatitis A, skin infections, and even polio.

Baby formula manufacturer, Perrigo, issued a voluntary recall due to high levels of vitamin D that were above the maximum level permitted.

Kate Broderick, PhD, molecular geneticist, discusses the mRNA capping technology and how it helps create stability to mRNA molecules within vaccines and guides them to cells.

A large Veterans Health Administration (VA) outpatient study showed a large increase in MRSA resistance in one particular area of the United States and varying antimicrobial resistance patterns overall.

A new phase 1 clinical trial will determine if vaccine candidate, MPV/S-2P, is safe for humans, and may potentially offer protection not seen before in the first-generation of COVID-19 vaccines.

The federal agency says the ongoing outbreak of the clade 1 variant in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been reported in neighboring countries.

In this week’s edition of MMWR, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on the vaccines’ safety profile for each of the FDA approved immunizations and rationale for the recommended age groups.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns of a moderate global risk to the presence of the pathogen, hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) sequence type (ST) 23, as it has been reported in at least 1 country in all 6 WHO Regions.

A large English study shows the incidence rates of arterial thromboses and venous thrombotic events decreased after immunization.

A Spanish man contracted the virus after a tick bite and succumbed to it last week.

A bill in the House of Representatives was just introduced with the advocacy of the Peggy Lillis Foundation in hopes of bringing more recognition and research to the healthcare-associated infection.

A hospital CDI intervention program that supported patients via an ID specialist demonstrated clinical benefits compared to another hospital where patients were followed by providers of any specialty.

New funding will go towards research around a specific molecule that has been shown to lower inflammation.

A new study looks at the role of genetics in the leveling degrees of infection.

A new analysis says if all states imposed such measures it would have saved thousands of lives.

A secondary analysis of a randomized trial points to limited benefits on the microbiota.

Boar’s Head is recalling its liverwurst product as well as other deli meats due to concerns around contamination.

The third and final episode in our series looks at what is in the pipeline as well as a discussion around FDA guidance.