New Formulation of Cabotegravir for HIV Treatment Can be Dosed at Intervals of at Least 4 Months
March 4th 2024In a phase 1 study, the investigational therapy known as cabotegravir ultra long-acting (CAB-ULA), showed positive pharmacokinetic, tolerability, and safety data supporting a prospective move to the next stage of clinical development.
A Strategy for Reducing STIs Through Implementing Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
March 4th 2024Study presented at CROI 2024 reveals that the introduction of Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP) guidelines in San Francisco has significantly decreased the incidence of chlamydia and syphilis
Let's Call March, Hepatitis Education Month
March 2nd 2024In thinking about the international and national public health campaigns to eliminate hepatitis, is general awareness of the disease enough to motivate treatment-hesitant hepatitis patients to accept clinical care, or does there need to be a greater commitment beyond that?
Top 5 Infectious Disease Stories: Week of February 25
March 1st 2024This week, why measles and vibrio vulnificus infections are seeing outbreaks and increases in incidence rates; a medical association recommends fecal microbiota-based therapies for recurrent or severe C difficile; and an antiviral reduced a median time-to-symptom resolution.
Measles Outbreaks: How Complacency Associated With Immunizations and COVID-19 are Driving Increases
February 29th 2024Reduced childhood immunizations because of personal beliefs and fears, and the quarantine's effect, along with a lack of knowledge about transmissibility and the seriousness of measles are causing unnecessary suffering and danger to people, especially in children.
The Overlooked Tropical Diseases You May Not Know About
February 29th 2024Over 1 billion people are estimated to be affected by 20 conditions of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), though they are often unheard of by many. Heather Saunders, MPH, RN, CIC, delves into 5 of these diseases and discusses efforts to stop their spread.
CDC ACIP Votes to Recommend an Additional Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in Seniors
February 28th 2024With today's vote, the federal agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is now recommending people 65 years of age and older get 1 more dose of the 2023-2024 formula of the COVID-19 vaccine.