Infection Control News

Using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling combined with observed clinical data, researchers determined that obesity can lead to reduced exposure and response to antiretroviral drugs.

A CDC advisory committee voted 10-4 on Wednesday to recommend administering a newly approved pentavalent meningococcal vaccine when vaccination with both a MenACWY and MenB vaccine are indicated at the same visit.

Desirability of outcome ranking, or DOOR, can be adapted and used successfully in hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia clinical trials, researchers reported.

The FDA is set to review what could be the country’s first self-administered influenza vaccine.

An analysis of online conversations among health care professionals on social media during September revealed mixed reactions toward newly updated messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines.

BOSTON — White and Black patients in rural areas face an increased risk for hospital-associated infections, and Black rural patients experience the highest risks for ICU admission an in-hospital death, researchers reported at IDWeek.

Nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody recently approved to prevent respiratory syncytial virus-associated lower respiratory disease in newborns and infants, may protect longer than an RSV season, researchers reported at IDWeek.

People infected with COVID-19 have a higher risk of cardiovascular/cerebrovascular complications. However, researchers found that these risks can be reduced with vaccination and boosting.

BOSTON — The Infectious Diseases Society of America is focused on growing the ID workforce and increasing opportunities for its members, its new president told Healio at IDWeek.

Vaccine mandates played a significant role in boosting influenza vaccination rates during the 2020-2021 influenza season, researchers reported in Pediatrics.