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Q&A: IDSA task force ‘laying the foundation’ for diversity and inclusion in medicine
Since its founding in 2018, the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Equity Task Force (IDA&E) has worked to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
Hooked on ID with Carlos del Rio, MD
My path into infectious diseases began in 1983 during my intern year at Grady, when patients with a new infectious disease that we now know as HIV/AIDS began showing up.
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Trichinellosis: A rare parasitic infection
Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection occurring in people who eat meat-eating mammals. It is reported to cause about 10,000 infections in humans worldwide each year.
Congo’s Équateur Province Ebola outbreak alarms health officials
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Équateur Province has surpassed the total number of cases recorded during the province’s last outbreak in 2018, according to data reported by WHO.
IDWeek converts to virtual program over COVID-19 concerns
IDWeek organizers decided unanimously to convert this year’s meeting to a completely virtual event over concerns about COVID-19.
Donald Kaye, Infectious Disease News Editorial Board Member and mentor to many, dies at 88
Donald Kaye, MD, MACP, an influential infectious diseases clinician and researcher and longtime Infectious Disease News Editorial Board Member, died July 4 at the age of 88, his family announced.
Rat-bite fever more prominent in children, young adults
Rat-bite fever occurs rarely in the United States, but is more prominent in children compared with other populations when it does occur, according to findings published in in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
WHO declares end of the second largest Ebola outbreak in history
WHO declared the end of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 10th Ebola outbreak today, marking the end of the second largest Ebola outbreak in history.
Lessons from HIV, Ebola can help mitigate COVID-19 stigma
Gitanjali Pai, MD, AAHIVS, has devised a way to shield patients from the stigma of an HIV diagnosis and encourage them to continue to seek care.
Survey shows ‘clear gap’ in US tick surveillance, control
Tick surveillance and control in the United States are inconsistent, largely because of inconsistent funding, limited infrastructure, lack of guidance and institutional capacity, according to a survey in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
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