Prevention

The US Preventative Services Task Force recommends early screening for syphilis in pregnant women and a literature review has reinforced the recommendations.

Investigators from the NIH have launched a phase 1 clinical trial to assess if a topical cream administered prior to H5N1 vaccination can enhance immune response.

A new study underscores components to antimicrobial resistance that we may be ignoring.

An international literature review indicates that 78% of children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis were successfully treated with second-line treatment.

Julie Ann Justo, PharmD, MS, BCPS-AQ ID, explains how rapid diagnostics interplay with prediction scores in antimicrobial stewardship programs.

Do ancient medicinal treatments hold potential for future antimicrobial efforts?

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, MBA, PhD, discusses the trends of targeted research in the influenza vaccination space and how protocols could differ based off of variances.

New research finds that the flu vaccine is more successful in women than in men, but the complexity of the issue makes it difficult to know exactly why that is.

Ebola is not the only infectious disease that health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are struggling with.

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The National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories at Boston University have the latest equipment, security redundancies, and airtight procedures and protocols. Yet, as they begin work on Ebola and Marburg, they cannot eliminate the risk of human error.

A social media campaign initiated in Russia may be sowing the seeds of debate surrounding vaccine safety, causing new outbreaks of measles globally.

A new analysis details the potential clinical and economic benefits of implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in hemodialysis facilities.

A universal flu vaccine candidate elicits protective response in mice against multiple strains of the virus.

The Democratic of the Congo Ministry of Health has authorized the use of 5 experimental Ebola treatments as more than 100 cases of Ebola are reported.

Colleen Kelley, MD, the biggest barriers to HIV prevention methods and how to overcome them.

The results are significant given the ongoing debate regarding the role of contact precautions for the gram-positive bacteria.

An understanding of the limitations in their functionality and strategies for more appropriate applications are necessary for clinicians.

A new study reveals that the quadrivalent HPV catch-up vaccine was most effective against cancer risk in women who received the first dose between the ages of 14 and 20 years.

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A total of 107 cases of measles has been reported thus far this year in the United States and the District of Columbia, underscoring the importance of vaccination.

New research from Johns Hopkins reveals that 2 genes, CMPK2 and BCLG, are selectively activated in the presence of type 1 interferon.

Aerosolized antibiotics are a reasonable adjunctive option to treat multidrug-resistant gram-negative pneumonia due to excellent pulmonary concentrations and few adverse effects.

Since its implementation in December 2016, use of a ceftolozane-tazobactam order set at Marin General Hospital has advanced antimicrobial stewardship efforts.

Contagion® editor-in-chief, Jason C. Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, affirms that the health care industry needs to hit the reset button on how antibiotics are developed.

A 2-week old Ebola outbreak in the DRC has already surpassed the previous outbreak

Julie Ann Justo, PharmD, MS, BCPS-AQ ID, provides an example of how institution-specific information can be used to generate a customized risk score.

Moving away from the standard course of IV antibiotics.

As health care services move into the outpatient setting, is infection control being overlooked?

Several outbreaks of mumps in university settings throughout Indiana in 2016 highlight a need for standardized immunization record collection and a third MMR vaccination dose for individuals at increased risk of infection.