Infectious Disease News

The simultaneous administration of adjuvant zoster and influenza vaccines posed no additional safety risks in older adults, results from a randomized study showed.

It's that time of year again, everyone rolling up their sleeves to get a flu shot. This throwback episode dives into the history of the struggles pinning down the causative agent of flu and the journey to the vaccine!

New diagnoses of autoimmune diseases were not overall more likely among vaccinated patients infected with omicron or delta variants of COVID-19, compared with those not infected, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

A CDC advisory committee on Wednesday recommended that adults aged 65 years or older and anyone who is at least moderately immunocompromised receive a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine this season.

Another monoclonal antibody for preventing respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants could enter the market as early as next year, based on the results of two studies presented at IDWeek, Merck said.

Nonqualified plans offer a valuable alternative or supplement to qualified retirement plans for physicians seeking to enhance their retirement savings.

One person has died and 10 have been hospitalized in a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, the CDC said Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES — Paxlovid reduced the risk for severe COVID-19 hospitalization or death among people with existing immunity from a previous infection or vaccination, according to pooled trial data presented at IDWeek.

A combination of several factors makes it tough for providers to identify measles cases as the disease makes a comeback, according to experts.

LOS ANGELES — In a Healio video exclusive, the president-elect of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, or SHEA, gave an overview of the critical issues that health care epidemiologists will face in the coming year.