Emerging Diseases News

WASHINGTON — Among patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, circulating interleukin-18 levels were lower in those with long COVID vs. those without, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

CHICAGO — U.S. out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates have improved since the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, researchers reported.

Each year, from Nov. 18 to Nov. 24, the CDC’s U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week raises awareness about antimicrobial resistance and encourages the appropriate use of antibiotics and antifungals.

The first known U.S. case of an mpox clade that has historically been more transmissible and deadly was detected in California in a person who had recently returned from travel to Eastern Africa, according to health officials.

WASHINGTON — Withholding Janus kinase or interleukin-17 inhibitors from patients with rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis does not significantly benefit COVID-19 booster response, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

A New York hospital expanded its Candida auris screening protocols after a patient tested positive for the fungal pathogen 2 months after being admitted, catching other cases that would have previously been missed, according to a study.

I initially became hooked on ID when I was a medical student rounding on ID service and was evaluating a person with pneumonia who had just expectorated purulent sputum.

Researchers found evidence of artemisinin partial resistance in Ugandan children with complicated malaria, according to data presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Researchers presented data at IDWeek showing that socioeconomic vulnerability and race can negatively impact vaccine uptake.