Infection Control News

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.

Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency following a spike in cases of dengue.

The cost-effectiveness of routine COVID-19 testing among nursing home staff depended on the virulence of variants circulating during the time of testing, researchers found.

A task force supported by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society recently published the first guidance for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in children in the vaccine era.

Universal screening using pooled saliva PCR testing helped identify dozens of newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus at two hospitals in Israel, more than half of whom were asymptomatic, according to findings published in Nature Medicine.

Artificial intelligence could help hospitals improve infection prevention efforts and make their outbreak responses faster and more accurate, according to experts.

Use of an electronic health record-based intervention significantly increased PrEP use among patients of primary care physicians who care for people with HIV, a randomized trial found.

DENVER — A national HIV self-testing program found high demand for tests, with many participants testing for the first time, according to a study.

Cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children increased by nearly two-thirds last fall, aligning with an increase in COVID-19 activity, according to a study published in MMWR.

DENVER — Long-acting ART was shown to be safe and effective in a study conducted in sub-Saharan Africa — an “essential first step” in demonstrating its potential use to treat HIV on the continent, an expert said.