Top 5 Infectious Disease News Stories Week of April 20- April 26
April 26th 2024Public health alert over ground beef, FDA approves antibiotics for female adults with uncomplicated UTI, The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports a record amount of Leptospirosis cases, and more this week from Contagion.
The R21/Matrix-M Vaccine: A Breakthrough in Malaria Eradication Efforts
April 25th 2024In a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the Ministry of Health in Rwanda, and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, groundbreaking data on the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, marks a significant shift in the malaria paradigm.
FDA Approves Antibiotic for Uncomplicated UTIs
April 24th 2024Pivmecillinam (Pivya) was given the nod from the federal agency, and is indicated for female adults with uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by susceptible isolates of Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus.
European Commission Approves Pfizer’s Antibiotic Combination for Multidrug-Resistant Infections
April 23rd 2024With this approval, aztreonam-avibactam becomes the first β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor antibiotic combination approved in the European Union for treating multidrug-resistant infections, including metallo-β-lactamase-producing bacteria.
Increased Healthcare-Associated Infections: The COVID-19 Impact on Hospital Infection Prevention
April 22nd 2024Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, epidemiologist, health services researcher, and associate professor at Thomas Jefferson University, shares insights on COVID-19's influence in acute care hospitals at this year’s Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) conference.