Infection Control News

As health care workers, we have daily encounters with sick patients who could potentially have a contagious illness. Measles is a particular challenge in the health care setting.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted to recommend respiratory syncytial virus vaccinations for all adults aged 75 years and older, as well as those aged 60 to 74 years at high risk for severe disease.

Avian influenza continues to be detected among birds and dairy cows in the United States, raising questions about how to control the more than 2-year-old outbreak.

A novel combination of neuraminidase mutations detected in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses on several continents has left these viruses less susceptible to treatment with oseltamivir, researchers found.

The CDC on Thursday recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines for the 2024-2025 respiratory season, and a newly approved 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for adults.

Patients receiving infectious diseases consultation over the past decade were increasingly complex, generally sicker and more likely to die soon after a consultation was performed.

Children hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 or an inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection who experience severe neurological manifestations may be at a higher risk for long-term impairment, a study found.

A two-dose series of a hepatitis B vaccine with a CpG adjuvant resulted in a more than 90% response rate among health care workers previously classified as nonresponders, researchers found.

When it comes to screening perinatally exposed infants for hepatitis C virus, the earlier the better, a study showed.

Together, a group of viruses nicknamed “FLiRT” have emerged to become the most common SARS-CoV-2 variants in the country.