Infectious Disease News Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.

Table of Contents

• Flu vaccination ‘a professional and ethical responsibility’ for all HCWs Caitlyn Stulpin
• 10-year review reveals no new, unexpected concerns for women vaccinated during pregnancy Caitlyn Stulpin
• Anti-contagion interventions prevented up to 62 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 Eamon N. Dreisbach
• CDC survey finds most respondents support COVID-19 prevention measures Caitlyn Stulpin
• Cell-based flu vaccine prevents more hospitalizations than egg-based vaccine Caitlyn Stulpin
• Educational comic books may be ‘powerful tool’ for improving HPV vaccination Caitlyn Stulpin
• False-negative SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests occur less often than previously observed Eamon N. Dreisbach
• First reports of COVID-19 in New York were preceded by uptick in ILI Caitlyn Stulpin
• Flu vaccine reduces influenza risk with no effect on coronaviruses Caitlyn Stulpin
• Genomic sequencing reveals MRSA spread within, between ICUs Caitlyn Stulpin
• Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 postexposure prophylaxis does not prevent infection Caitlyn Stulpin
• Lancet retracts controversial COVID-19 study on hydroxychloroquine Eamon N. Dreisbach
• Novel respiratory syncytial virus challenge strain identified in human infection trial Caitlyn Stulpin
• Opioid agonist therapy increases linkage to HCV care among PWID Caitlyn Stulpin
• Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing decreases in ambulatory care settings over 5-year period Caitlyn Stulpin
• US taking ‘wrong approach’ to COVID-19 testing, expert warns Stephanie C. Viguers
• Should hospitals fire HCWs who refuse to get vaccinated against flu?
• Not every cough is COVID Stephen A. Berger, MD
• Trichinellosis: A rare parasitic infection Donald Kaye, MD, MACP
• Q&A: Microbe shows potential as new tool for malaria control Ken Downey Jr.
• WHO declares end of the second largest Ebola outbreak in history Caitlyn Stulpin
• Hooked on ID with Debra Goff, PharmD, FIDSA, FCCP Debra A. Goff, PharmD, FCCP
• Emerging Infections Network reveals common questions about neuroinfectious diseases Caitlyn Stulpin
• Flu diagnosis, vaccination curbs unnecessary antibiotic use Caitlyn Stulpin
• Household contacts of patients with TB likely to have same drug resistance Caitlyn Stulpin
• National CDC protocol identifies characteristics associated with Heartland virus disease Caitlyn Stulpin
• Rise in infant Cronobacter infections linked to powdered formula Ken Downey Jr.
• Surgical specialty, MRSA risk drive use of vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis Caitlyn Stulpin
• US counties with highest COVID-19 burden have few, no ID physicians Caitlyn Stulpin
• US parents more hesitant about flu vaccine than routine immunizations Ken Downey Jr.
• Cryptosporidiosis: An infection in need of new treatments Jeff Brock, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP