Infection Control News

New HIV infections in the United States declined by around 12% from 2017 to 2021, led by large decreases among young people, according to CDC data published Tuesday.

President Joe Biden remarked on the “hidden epidemic” of viral hepatitis — which has infected more than 3.2 million Americans, many of whom are not aware of their infection — in a proclamation for Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19.

SEATTLE — Using a more robust diagnostic “continuum” for UTIs could improve the diagnosis and treatment of the most common hospital-acquired infection, according to a study.

An FDA advisory committee on Thursday voted in favor of a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine that would be administered to pregnant people to protect their infants.

The Jynneos vaccine was up to 86% effective at preventing mpox in people who received two doses during the United States outbreak, according to three studies published Thursday.

Children are falling far behind adults when it comes to testing and treatment for HIV, according to a new study published in Pediatrics.

Cefazolin reduced surgical site infections compared with second-line antibiotics among patients with a beta-lactam allergy who had total joint arthroplasty, with no increase in hypersensitivity reactions, researchers determined.

A review of the CDC’s performance during the COVID-19 pandemic found that the agency was slow to share science and data, struggled to develop practical policies and fell short of prioritizing public health communications.

A monoclonal antibody was shown to speed the time to viral suppression in heavily treatment-experienced people with HIV compared with ART regimens that did not contain it, according to a study.

A study of more than 14,000 febrile infants found that UTIs, bacteremia and bacterial meningitis were less common among those who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 than those who did not, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.