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CWD-sniffing dogs show promise in early field trial

Trained dogs correctly identified CWD in 8 of 11 CWD-positive samples and had an average false-positive rate of 13%.

Jim Wappes
Dog sniffing tracks in snow

Flu vaccine efficacy against hospitalization in South America was modest in 2023 season

… of control patients, who tested negative for both flu and COVID-19. Participants, who had been prioritized for …
Mary Van Beusekom
Vax worker filling syringe

OECD calls for package of One Health policies to limit impact of antibiotic resistance

… and healthcare costs that exceed those seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The cost of inaction to tackle AMR is …
Chris Dall
antibiotics and bacteria in petri dish

WHO report shows sexually transmitted infections are climbing

… congenital syphilis have been surging in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. And multidrug-resistant gonorrhea is on …
Chris Dall
STI testing

CDC recommends doxy PEP for high-risk groups to stem sexually transmitted infections

… reported in 2022. Aside from a brief drop during the COVID-19 pandemic, STI rates have shown no signs of decline.  …
Chris Dall
STD test

New data show antibiotic resistance, consumption climbing in Europe

… in community antibiotic use in the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU population-weighted mean total …
Chris Dall
Klebsiella pneumoniae colonies

WHO report highlights burden, impact of healthcare-associated infections

… report also notes that improvements achieved during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been recently lost, with some …
Chris Dall
Scientists looking at petri dish

New data show hefty primary care RSV burden in young kids, older adults

… was 62.8 per 1,000 people in the decades leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, with higher rates in younger children and …
Mary Van Beusekom
Boy with nebulizer

New test promises faster, more accurate Lyme disease diagnosis, researchers say

… with Lyme disease than those with other conditions such as COVID-19.  For the study, the researchers looked at insurance …
Laine Bergeson
Tick

WHO calls for countries to address disruptions to TB services

… begun to recover from the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which the WHO estimates resulted in …
Chris Dall
TB poster in India

Cancer and AMR: A Roundtable Discussion

Listen to a recording of our roundtable webinar on the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in cancer care. Experts discuss recent research, share key takeaways, and explore how stewardship and infection prevention can help protect patients.

 

December 22, 2025

New US map of MMR vaccine uptake reveals considerable gaps, potential for more measles

… by parental characteristics such as age, race, and COVID-19 vaccination status. The Northeast, Midwest, …
Mary Van Beusekom
Baby being vaccinated in leg

Universal nirsevimab slashes RSV infant hospitalizations, study suggests

… (2016–2023, but excluding 2020–21 and 2021–22 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic), RSV-related lower respiratory tract …
Laine Bergeson
Child on nebulizer

Public ignorance, apathy toward avian flu could threaten containment, researchers say

… were mentally and emotionally exhausted by the constant COVID-19 pandemic–related cycle of health warnings and …
Mary Van Beusekom
Two chickens at food trough

Kennedy defends HHS budget cuts before House, Senate committees

… that has been tested in a placebo-controlled trial was the COVID vaccine.  "The other 76 shots that children in this …
Chris Dall
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

ACIP tables vote to delay hepatitis B vaccine birth dose

… due to Americans’ lack of trust in vaccines in the wake of COVID and sensitivities to a medical intervention delivered …
Lisa Schnirring
Newborn baby

The State of U.S. Vaccine Policy - Feb 5, 2026 PDF

… 17 diseases to 11. (It had been 18 until HHS removed the COVID-19 vaccine from the schedule last fall.) This bypassed … in 2023 that miscarriage rates at her practice rose after COVID-19 vaccines became available, lacking any evidence to …

National Academies report says US not ready for intentional, accidental smallpox outbreak

… Van Beusekom, MS Body With the bungled responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent mpox outbreak still fresh in …
Mary Van Beusekom
Smallpox sign

Kids with flu often don't get antiviral drugs, study shows

… and fewer children have received vaccines since the COVID-19 pandemic began, antivirals have an important role in …
Mary Van Beusekom
Sick boy with dog

CDC issues guidance on use of flu antiviral oseltamivir amid limited supply

… likely due to lower population immunity resulting from COVID-19 public health measures and flu virus interactions …
Mary Van Beusekom
Woman taking pills

McDonald's sets targets for reducing antibiotics in its beef supply

… reduction targets, a delay the company said was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In February of this year, a coalition of …
Chris Dall
Cattle in field

The WHO fungal priority pathogens list as a game-changer

… for opportunistic fungal infection, hospitalization for COVID-19 and influenza, uncontrolled HIV infection, long-term …

This review describes the knowns and unknowns surrounding the global burden of serious fungal disease and the potential of the World Health Organization fungal priority pathogen list to guide research, resource allocation, and public health action.

Natalie Vestin, MPH

Computerized stewardship prompt linked to improved antibiotic prescribing in 2 trials

… was maintained during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic—a time when many hospitals were seeing an …
Chris Dall
Man in hospital and doctor looking at tablet

Amid layoffs at HHS, experts warn about impact on public health

… already seen an exodus of professionals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic amid an overwhelming workload and public …
Chris Dall
Department of Health and Human Services building

COMMENTARY: When overhauling childhood vaccine recs, feds need to provide at least some useful data

… were downgraded—for hepatitis A and B, meningococcal, and COVID-19. There are very little data presented to help us …
Kevin Griffis
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