1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (553+ words) Infectious disease pediatrician Sharon Nachman, MD, offers insights on the incidence trends among teens, and what severe disease complications look like for young children. Sharon Nachman, MD, chief of pediatric infectious diseases, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, says there are increases…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (293+ words) For a patient recovering from a lifesaving transplant, an invasive fungal disease (IFD) can derail months of progress in just days. Depending on the transplant type, more than 1 in 12 patients may develop an IFD within the first year of transplantation....

11+ hour, 37+ min ago   (288+ words) Finally, Bonnin et al performed an in vitro study of 248 non-CP CRE isolates from France that also consisted predominantly of K pneumoniae (n = 145) followed by E cloacae complex (n = 52).16 The overall MIC50 for meropenem and meropenem-vaborbactam was 8 mg/L and 4 mg…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (397+ words) Here are some therapeutics and a vaccine that will be reporting data, starting a trial, or filing their data to regulatory agencies in order to seek approval this year. This year will bring about the reporting of data for clinical…...

2+ day, 16+ min ago   (1100+ words) This week, listen in on commentary around the changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, read SIDP's column on the next-generation antifungals as well as combination therapeutics for Candida auris, and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1298+ words) The COVID-19 pandemic intensified long-standing problems in scientific production and communication'driven by perverse academic incentives, peer review strain, media hype, and growing misuse of AI'highlighting the urgent need for stronger critical appraisal skills across research and medicine. There are no…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1705+ words) A series of politically driven actions in 2025including defunding mRNA research, dismantling vaccine advisory bodies, and restricting CDC recommendationshas undermined US vaccine access and pandemic preparedness, but professional societies and some states are stepping in to preserve evidence-based public health. It…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (883+ words) While no major safety concerns have emerged to date, international surveillance has documented early resistance mechanisms'an anticipated challenge in treating highly resistant gram-negative infections. Reported cases include mutations in MBL enzymes and alterations in penicillin-binding protein 3, each capable of reducing…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1809+ words) The recent CDC ACIP meetings and subsequent actions show a path for which the current Health and Human Services department wants to roll back access to vaccines for this virus and other vaccines. The prior guidance of the HBV birth…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1701+ words) This week, check out our Media Day coverage from Emory, the WHO report on malaria, and more. Sapna Patel, MD; Steve McCune, MD, PhD Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, FACP, FASCO; Kate Baxstrom, MD Daniel J. DeAngelo, MD, PhD; Shira Dinner, MD;…...