Infection Control News

Last week a patient in New Hampshire who tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis virus died after being hospitalized with severe central nervous system diseases, according to a press release.

According to a new report, 21 U.S. residents have returned from travel in Cuba this year with Oropouche virus, which is spread through fly or mosquito bites.

A measles outbreak in Oregon has grown to include 30 cases, all of them in unvaccinated people, according to state health officials, who warned about further spread as the school year begins.

New Hampshire on Tuesday announced that a person in the state who tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis virus has died after being hospitalized with severe central nervous system diseases.

The Infectious Disease Society of America suggests that immunocompromised patients take the COVID-19 prevention drug pemivibart as pre-exposure prophylaxis to help prevent severe COVID-19, according to new guidelines.

The FDA on Thursday announced that it has greenlit the updated COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, which the companies said should be available within days.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America has updated its guidance on the treatment of antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative infections and said it aims to update the guidelines annually to keep up with evolving resistance and new research.

People with virally suppressed HIV who are hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia do not have a higher mortality risk than people without HIV, according to a study.

The FDA has granted NOWDiagnostics authorization to market their at-home, over-the-counter antibody test that detects a potential syphilis infection, according to a press release.