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Infectious disease, in focus
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July 2, 2026 · Nora Oliver, MD, MPH Antimicrobial Resistance: Medicine's Slow-Moving Pandemic Resistant infections already claim tens of thousands of American lives each year — and the trend line is heading the wrong way. Antimicrobial Resistance Read more → June 18, 2026 · Tiffany Goolsby, PharmD, BCIDP Rethinking Penicillin-Allergy Labels About one in ten patients carries a penicillin-allergy label, but more than nine in ten of them are not actually allergic. Antimicrobial Stewardship Read more → June 5, 2026 · Drew W. Cates, PharmD, AAHIVP The Expanding PrEP Toolkit for Georgia Clinicians Pre-exposure prophylaxis is no longer a single daily pill — and that matters in a state with some of the nation’s highest HIV incidence. HIV & Prevention Read more → May 22, 2026 · Lauren Epstein, MD, MS Measles Resurgence and the Cost of Vaccine Gaps One of the most contagious diseases known to medicine is testing the durability of herd immunity. Vaccines & Immunization Read more → May 8, 2026 · Lauren Epstein, MD, MS The Quiet Spread of Candida auris A multidrug-resistant yeast that thrives in healthcare settings has become an urgent public health concern. Fungal InfectionsHealthcare Epidemiology Read more → April 24, 2026 · Tiffany Goolsby, PharmD, BCIDP Shorter Antibiotic Courses: When Less Is More A generation of trials has quietly overturned the idea that longer antibiotic courses are safer. Antimicrobial Stewardship Read more → April 10, 2026 · Nora Oliver, MD, MPH Long COVID Meets the ID Clinic Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 have become a lasting part of infectious disease practice. Emerging InfectionsPublic Health Read more → March 27, 2026 · Drew W. Cates, PharmD, AAHIVP Doxy-PEP: A New Front Against Bacterial STIs A single dose of doxycycline after sex can sharply reduce some sexually transmitted infections — with important caveats. HIV & PreventionPublic Health Read more → March 13, 2026 · Nora Oliver, MD, MPH West Nile Virus and the Southeast's Mosquito Seasons The most common mosquito-borne disease in the continental U.S. is largely silent — until it isn’t. Public HealthEmerging Infections Read more → February 27, 2026 · Lauren Epstein, MD, MS Sepsis: Why the First Hour Still Matters In septic shock, the clock is part of the pathophysiology. Healthcare Epidemiology Read more → February 13, 2026 · Tiffany Goolsby, PharmD, BCIDP Bending the C. difficile Curve The most common healthcare-associated cause of diarrhea is also one of the most preventable. Healthcare EpidemiologyAntimicrobial Stewardship Read more → January 30, 2026 · Lauren Epstein, MD, MS Reading the WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens List In 2022 the World Health Organization named fungi it considers the greatest threats — a first for the field. Fungal Infections Read more →