Infectious Disease

Refresh your memory on refugee immunization recommendations with a 2-question quiz based on a patient scenario.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Monkeypox will now be treated as a public health emergency in the US where the outbreak has become the largest in the world, according to authorities.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Investigators from CDC warned, however, that HPV vaccinations missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic could stymie this progress.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

In this current US catchup vaccination era, which immunization not yet administered could have prevented the illnesses in each situation?

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

The first US polio case in more than a decade was found in vaccination-poor Rockland County, NY, where the virus has now been found in wastewater.

Infectious disease specialist Rodger MacArthur, MD, took a long-awaited vacation--and got COVID. He shares his conclusions about the BA.5 variant in particular.

When a workup begins with lab tests a thorough history can be an afterthought. Before this patient had a blind liver biopsy, case author Dr Rodger MacArthur asked some simple questions.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

A new survey of monkeypox outbreak perceptions among US adults offers primary care clinicians a quick take on what their patients may be thinking.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

A public health expert sat down with the American Academy of Family Physicians to answer some common questions about the virus. Get the topline, here.

The WHO's highest level of alert indicates the organization's belief that the now multicountry monkeypox outbreak requires a coordinated international response.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Type 1 diabetes diagnoses increased by 81% during the 4-week acute phase of COVID-19 in UK patients and CVD diagnoses rose 6-fold, according to a large population-based study.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

There are no specific drugs to treat the monkeypox virus but research into existing antivirals is well under way to determine their potential efficacy.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Refresh your memory on refugee immunization recommendations with a 3-question quiz based on a patient scenario.

The GSK MMR vaccine Priorix is the first new MMR shot to be available since the Merck immunization was approved in 1971. Similar? Different? Find out.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory will use the CDC's orthopoxvirus test and expects to handle up to 10 000 tests per week.

Findings showed neutralizing antibody responses to BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants were approximately 20-fold lower than to the original WA1/2020 strain.

Lyme disease is surrounded by its own cloud of misinformation. Here are 9 myths you might hear from patients this summer plus the facts-at-a-glance for backup.