Emerging Diseases News

Pregnant and recently pregnant women reported increased COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and changes in perceptions of vaccine safety from 2021 to 2023, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.

Given my family history of MDs — my father, siblings and spouses of my siblings are all physicians — I actively tried to steer clear of medicine, but in the end, I just couldn’t help myself.

Receipt of an updated COVID-19 vaccine lowered the risk for hospitalization among immunocompromised people by around one-third, according to a study.

For women using IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection, SARS-CoV-2 infection within 10 weeks after embryo transfer may not negatively affect pregnancy, implantation and miscarriage rates, researchers reported.

Primary care providers can play an important part in Candida auris detection, according to an expert.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a “significant decrease” in the risk for post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 among patients with rheumatic diseases, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.

Researchers have found that AI platforms perform better when given clear, unambiguous prompts. This was the case when clinicians at Rutgers University tested ChatGPT’s ability to create poems that could be used in medical education.

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a potentially important tool for patient care, including in infectious diseases.

Moderna announced positive interim results from a phase 3 trial of its next-generation COVID-19 vaccine, which the company said will help pave the way for its combination shot against COVID-19 and influenza.

The role of serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2 has evolved during the pandemic, leading the Infectious Diseases Society of America to update its guidance.