Infection Control News

The CDC on Thursday launched a monkeypox vaccine equity pilot program to reach more of the populations that are most at risk for infection.

A recent study showed that the risk of death among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was substantially lower during the later period of omicron variant predominance compared with earlier omicron and delta predominance.

The CDC said Tuesday that the United States has joined a list of around 30 countries with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.

The rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections among patients with COVID-19 significantly increased during COVID-19 patient surges, according to a recent study.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Vaccines against common health care-associated, resistant pathogens could be a key in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, according to data presented at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress.

Following the FDA’s authorization and CDC’s recommendation of bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines, U.S. officials said that Americans will likely need annual COVID-19 vaccine doses, similar to influenza.

There was a short-term increase in selection for resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae among children who received azithromycin during a mass administration of the antibiotic, but no evidence of long-term resistance, a study found.

Although the prevalence of Clostridioides difficile infection in the U.S. continued its long-term downward trend during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients who were infected saw high treatment costs and increased mortality, a study found.

Researchers reported more promising data on a malaria vaccine that previously demonstrated high efficacy among children aged 5 to 17 months in a study published last year.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Although nearly every health care facility has felt the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, smaller, nonacademic medical centers are facing these problems with fewer resources to fall back on.