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SAN DIEGO — A quality improvement project among a predominately Black urban population helped patients on hemodialysis who were involuntary discharged regain access to care, according to presented data.

I initially became hooked on ID when I was a medical student rounding on ID service and was evaluating a person with pneumonia who had just expectorated purulent sputum.

An analysis of STI screening for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis at 11 EDs revealed that less than 3% of patients tested for one of the three STIs were also tested for HIV, despite the CDC’s recommendation for HIV co-testing.

As you read these words, you may be learning for the first time about hepatitis delta virus — a lesser-known type of hepatitis that is potentially life-threatening.

A notable proportion of health care providers plan to reduce or stop providing HIV care over the next half decade, even as the need for such care is expected to rise, results from a quantitative national survey showed.

As a physician trained in India, I saw the devastating impact of infectious diseases like TB, malaria and waterborne illnesses, and the profound difference public health interventions can have. That led to my career in global health.

LOS ANGELES —In this video from IDWeek, Vani Vannappagari, MBBS, PhD, MPH, global head of epidemiology and real-world evidence at ViiV Healthcare, discusses study findings demonstrating the effectiveness of cabotegravir for HIV prevention.

Less than 3% of patients tested for a bacterial STI in nearly a dozen EDs were also tested for HIV, demonstrating widespread nonadherence to a CDC recommendation, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

The CDC recommended that adults aged 65 years or older and anyone who is moderately or severely immunocompromised receive a second dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine.

LOS ANGELES — Lenacapavir, the twice-yearly injectable HIV drug, could potentially transform HIV prevention if it is approved as PrEP, research has shown.