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ID Specialist Underscores Vital Role of Vaccination among Health Care Professionals this Flu Season at IDWeek 2023
October 17th 2023
Clinicians must remember the point of vaccines was not to prevent infection, but to decrease severity of illness, says infectious disease specialist Gopi Patel, MD.
ID Specialist to Colleagues: Don’t Pass Your Germs to Your Patients This Flu Season
October 17th 2023
Gopi Patel, MD, emphasizes the importance of promoting vaccination and infection prevention measures among fellow clinicians, as well as patients, this season.
IDWeek 2023 Chair on Primary Care: "Central to Every Health Outcome We Have in the US..."
October 17th 2023
IDWeek chair Heather Yun, MD, observed that "primary care clinicians are out in front of all things," and that job is big and it's hard.
Heather Yun, MD, IDWeek 2023 Chair, Says Emerging Threats May be Bigger than Pathogens
October 16th 2023
IDWeek 2023 chair Yun points to climate change and other human-driven devastation of the biosphere as the global threats that will cause disease at local levels.
IDWeek 2023: Nirsevimab Efficacy Against RSV-LRTI-Associated Hospitalization is Robust Across Infant Subgroups
October 15th 2023
IDWeek 2023. Nirsevimab efficacy was significant across infant subgroups in preventing hospitalization for RSV-LRTI during a first RSV season.
IDWeek 2023: New Data Provide Closer Look at Real-World Utilization of Cabotegravir for HIV PrEP
October 15th 2023
IDWeek 2023. New study found just slightly more than half of prescriptions for cabotegravir for HIV PrEP resulted in at least 1 injection, suggesting limitations in use and access to the injectable HIV integrase inhibitor.
In People Living with HIV, Switch from Oral ART to Long-Acting Injectable Significantly Improved Adherence, Persistence
October 11th 2023
IDWeek 2023: In a large cohort of people living with HIV, those switching from oral ART to long acting CAB+RPV were more than 4x as likely to adhere to the regimen.
Adolescents Prefer Combination Meningococcal Vaccine to Separate MenACWY and MenB Administration a New Study Finds
October 11th 2023
IDWeek 2023: Adolescents expressed a preference for a combination vaccine covering serogroups A, B, C, W, Y of invasive meningococcal disease, reported researchers.
US Meningococcal Vaccination Coverage Has Increased, but Disparities Persist, According to Data Presented at IDWeek 2023
October 11th 2023
Findings underscore the persistence of disparities in meningococcal vaccination coverage in the US, particularly for vaccination against serogroup B.
IDWeek 2023 Features Leaders Spanning the Specialty's Expertise
October 10th 2023
IDWeek 2023: Leading physician scientists will headline plenary sessions and named lectureships on topics ranging from antibiotic stewardship to artificial intelligence.