Infection News

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said today it recommends chlamydia and gonorrhea screening in all sexually active women aged younger than 24 years and women aged 25 years or older with an increased risk for infection.

Patients with rheumatic diseases who were pregnant at the time of developing COVID-19 demonstrated favorable pregnancy and infection outcomes, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.

urine culture combined with empirical antibiotics strategy , according to researchers.

Data from before the delta variant emerged indicated that the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among pregnant women was 1% per week, which is similar to that of the general population of U.S. adults, according to a recent study.

A challenge study demonstrated that women are more likely than men to be symptomatic and have more symptoms of influenza.

Populations disproportionately impacted by HIV were less likely to be engaged in preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, continuum of care, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

In a randomized study in Malawi, women receiving antenatal care and patients with HIV were asked to bring HIV self-testing kits home to their sexual partners.

Johnson & Johnson’s investigational HIV vaccine did not provide sufficient protection against HIV infection among women enrolled in the phase 2b Imbokodo trial in sub-Saharan Africa, the company and the NIH said Tuesday.

Nearly 90% of adults with chronic inflammatory disease who were taking immunosuppressive medication had an antibody response after receiving an mRNA vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, according to findings in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The pain and discomfort that women experience with recurrent UTIs are compounded by the frustration that they feel from their limited treatment options, according to a focus group study in The Journal of Urology.