Measles virus diverged from rinderpest virus in the sixth century BCE, indicating an early origin for human measles.

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Having just completed a stint doing inpatient ID consults, I came away impressed with three things: Staph aureus remains the Ruler of Evil Invasive Pathogens in the hospital setting. You can “jinx” a ...

Accounting for approximately 350,000 deaths annually worldwide, cervical cancer is preventable with HPV vaccination and screening. Newer chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy techniques hav...

RFK Jr. will soon be asked questions about heading the Department of Health and Human Services. Here are some suggestions.

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For many centuries, vaccinology was empiric. Edward Jenner and John Fewster made the observation that those who were often exposed to cowpox were immune to smallpox, and to prove this, they inoculated a young boy with cowpox and demonstrated protection from subsequent smallpox infection.

To preserve and grow the infectious diseases (ID) workforce, ID professionals should be intentional in using positive messaging to highlight the specialtie

Each year WHO takes stock of key moments in health and science over the past 12 months. Here is our review of a very complex 2024. Here’s to a healthier, more peaceful 2025!

The University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM. In August 2019, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) withdrew the accreditation of the University of New Mexico&#…

The Nordic country's ambitious timeline relies on high vaccination uptake and efficient mass screening and follow-up treatment.

See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases

See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases

In this article a selection of notable peer-reviewed publications from 2024 are provided. Article Selection by: Bassam Ghanem, Pharm.D., MS, BCPS Article Construction by: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D....

Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) are a serious threat to immunocompromised patients. Routine diagnostic methods have limited performance in identifying IFDs. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) includi...

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This cohort study compares outcomes of patients receiving care in an outpatient, virtual, home-based acute care model with outcomes of patients receiving standard hospital care.

Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality rates, especially in low-income countries. Advances in diagnosis and treatment have been made, but new vaccines an...

Chagas Disease Manifesting as Orbital Cellulitis

Natasha Spottiswoode, MD DPhil, Daniel J Minter, MD, Rachel Friedman-Moraco, MD; Rewriting the Script, Clinical Infectious Diseases, , ciae589, https://doi

The association of a skin ulcer (lesion) with regional or distant lymphadenopathy (LAD) has been termed ulcer (U)/node (N) syndrome. The existence of both adenopathy and ulcerative lesions in a patien...

Alt: a man in a lab coat says “no reason”

Abstract. The field of infectious diseases (ID) offers a rewarding career path and is widely viewed as an essential subspecialty in medicine. However, in r

Low-value, uncompensated work in academic infectious diseases is a threat to our well-being and success. Deliberate strategies can maximize higher-value jo