Influenza
Early data show this season’s flu vaccine has not been effective
Interim estimates published Thursday in MMWR indicate that this season’s influenza vaccine has not been effective.
Avoid IBD complications with 3-tiered preventive care approach
It is critical to consider all aspects of preventive care in patients with inflammatory bowel disease to avoid serious infections or complications, according to a presenter at GUILD 2022.
Study finds similar trends in flu, antibiotic resistance
Periods of high influenza activity in the United States seem to correspond with high rates of antibiotic resistance in both respiratory and nonrespiratory infections, researchers found.
Asthma severity tied to more severe COVID-19 outcomes
In a new study, all asthma phenotypes were associated with risk for more severe COVID-19 outcomes, except for type 2 inflammation, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Even poorly matched flu vaccines protect children from serious illness, study shows
A new study reinforced that influenza vaccination protects children from serious illness even when vaccines are a poor match for circulating viruses.
14 infectious diseases stories you may have missed in 2021
Stories that focused on emerging research and breaking news related to COVID-19 dominated headlines in 2021.
Infectious Disease News’ 2021 cover stories focused heavily on COVID-19
The front page of Infectious Disease News was dominated this year by stories about COVID-19 and its impact on health care.
Flu activity increasing in US, but remains ‘very low’
Although influenza activity continues to increase in the United States, it remains low enough that the CDC does not consider the flu season to have started yet, a CDC expert said.
Top neuro stories of November: Inflammatory diets tied to dementia, flu increases PD risk
If you could eliminate influenza or coronaviruses, which would you choose?
Influenza viruses and coronaviruses have both caused major pandemics. We asked Infectious Disease News Editorial Board Members Gitanjali Pai, MD, AAHIVS, FIDSA, an infectious disease physician at Memorial Hospital and Physicians Clinic in Stilwell, Oklahoma, and chief medical officer for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, and Raghavendra Tirupathi, MD, FACP, medical director for Keystone Infectious Diseases/HIV, chair of infection prevention at Summit Health and clinical assistant professor of medicine at Penn State University School of Medicine, which group of viruses they would eliminate, if possible, and why.