Zoonotic Infections News

Stories that focused on emerging research and breaking news related to COVID-19 dominated headlines in 2021.

Healio’s One Health Resource Center offers the latest news on infectious diseases that occur through interactions between people, animals and the environment.

The front page of Infectious Disease News was dominated this year by stories about COVID-19 and its impact on health care.

After 40 years without a reported case, monkeypox reemerged in Nigeria in 2017. Since then, 218 cases have been confirmed in Nigeria, and eight cases have been reported in travelers from the country.

During the 2021 match cycle, a presence on Twitter and having specialized training tracks were associated with a higher likelihood of filling infectious disease fellowships programs, researchers found.

HIV captured me during my first clinical rotation in medical school, early in the Plague Years, around the same time that AIDS was getting its name from CDC.

The CDC confirmed Wednesday that another traveler returning to the United States from Nigeria was diagnosed with monkeypox.

I never had any intention of pursuing a career in infectious diseases — or medicine for that matter.

WHO has updated its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, adding 20 medicines for adults and 17 for children in addition to new uses for 28 previously listed medicines.

IDWeek, originally planned for San Diego, will be an all-virtual meeting for the second year in a row because of COVID-19.