Infectious Diseases
News
Oral FMT on par with colonic FMT for recurrent C. difficile
“We present one of the largest cohorts involving people who received capsule FMT.”
News
Original COVID-19 vaccines fall short against Omicron subvariants for the immunocompromised
Findings from a CDC-supported study suggest that updated, bivalent boosters targeting recently circulating Omicron subvariants may benefit adults...
Conference Coverage
RBX2660 shows promise in breaking the cycle of recurrent C. difficile
“Even when you expand the patient population to make it more generalizable, we’re still seeing both a high cure rate and a high success rate.”
News
Is it flu, RSV, or COVID? Experts fear the ‘tripledemic’
Predicting exactly when cases will peak is difficult.
News
Side effects from COVID vaccine show its effectiveness
“I don’t want a patient to tell me that, ‘Golly, I didn’t get any reaction, my arm wasn’t sore, I didn’t have fever. The vaccine didn’t work.’ I...
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Weekly cases fall to lowest level in over a year
Reported new cases have dropped by almost 75% since the beginning of September.
News
Time to ditch clarithromycin for H. pylori?
“This study shows that multiple parts of the United States and Europe have high resistance rates.”
Conference Coverage
Life expectancy 6.3 years shorter for Black MSM with HIV
“If you can find effective interventions, the effect can be incredibly large. These are very large differences in life-years and life expectancies...
News
Florida sees spike in deadly bacterial infections after Hurricane Ian
Vibrio vulnificus bacteria is found in warm, brackish seawater, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Conference Coverage
25 years of chickenpox vaccine: 91 million cases prevented
“The declines in deaths, let alone hospitalizations, were jaw-dropping. I hadn’t really seen a synthesis of the impact of one and two doses.”