Infection News

The FDA said this week that it is working with a French pharmaceutical company to temporarily import into the United States an antibiotic that can treat syphilis as a way to address the country’s penicillin shortage.

Hybrid SARS-CoV-2 immunity in pregnancy — immunity from a prior infection plus vaccination — is associated with a greater likelihood of protection at delivery for mothers and infants compared with a prior infection alone, a study found.

Maternal influenza vaccination during pregnancy was associated with reduced chances of influenza-associated ED visits or hospitalizations in infants aged younger than 6 months, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Implementation of parent reminder/recall and health care professional audit/feedback increased HPV vaccination uptake compared with usual care approaches, according to study results published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Annual influenza vaccinations are important for pregnant individuals due to higher risks for complications for the mother, fetus and infant, according to an ACOG committee statement.

Prenatal vaccination protects infants from COVID-19 up to age 6 months, real-world study findings published in JAMA Network Open suggest. The study found that vaccination prior to pregnancy did not protect babies from the disease.

NEW YORK — An expert encouraged providers to “double our efforts” to prevent congenital syphilis.

STD leaders this week called on the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency over congenital syphilis and dedicate $1 billion to addressing sexually transmitted infections in the United States.

Cases of congenital syphilis increased more than 10-fold between 2012 and 2022, the CDC reported Tuesday in another warning about the worsening epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in the United States.

Infant hospitalization for congenital syphilis increased 10-fold from 2016 to 2022 in Mississippi, from 10 cases per year to 110 cases per year, according to an analysis of hospital discharge data.