Infection Control News

A large study in the United Kingdom revealed some “epidemiologic nuances” of COVID-19 in children, experts said.

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More than 2 decades of data show that exposure to tropical storm or hurricane rainfall increases the risk of acquiring waterborne diseases, demonstrating the storms’ threat to public health, researchers reported in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Bariatric surgery is safe for people with HIV whose viral load is being managed using ART, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

People with HIV diagnosed with mpox were not at an increased risk for hospitalization unless they were immunosuppressed, according to findings presented at the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science.

Cisgender women preferred long-acting injectable PrEP over taking a daily pill for HIV prevention by a nearly 4-to-1 margin, according to study findings presented at the International AIDS Society conference.

Voluntary medical male circumcision can reduce the risk for HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men who primarily practice insertive anal sex, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in China.

Five male infants in South Africa who were born with HIV were able to maintain undetectable viral loads for months despite low adherence to ART, according to researchers at the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science.

Pregnant women who received an investigational group B streptococcus vaccine in a phase 2 trial transferred antibodies to their infants “at levels associated with a reduced risk of invasive group B streptococcal disease,” researchers found.

Better definition of hospital onset bacteremia and fungemia patients could improve care, including reducing mortality rates, higher readmission risk and cost, and longer length of stay, a study found.