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Infectious disease, in focus
Commentary and clinical updates from IDSG members — filter by topic below.
January 16, 2026 · Nora Oliver, MD, MPH RSV Immunization Enters a New Era After decades without options, respiratory syncytial virus can now be prevented at both ends of life. Vaccines & Immunization Read more → January 2, 2026 · Drew W. Cates, PharmD, AAHIVP OPAT at Home: Safer and Increasingly Common Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy lets patients finish IV treatment without staying in the hospital. Antimicrobial Stewardship Read more → December 19, 2025 · Tiffany Goolsby, PharmD, BCIDP Diagnostic Stewardship Deserves Equal Billing The right test, ordered for the right patient at the right time, prevents a cascade of unnecessary treatment. DiagnosticsAntimicrobial Stewardship Read more → December 5, 2025 · Drew W. Cates, PharmD, AAHIVP Mpox: Lessons From 2022 for Georgia The global mpox outbreak tested our ability to respond quickly to an old virus in a new pattern. Emerging InfectionsPublic Health Read more → November 21, 2025 · Nora Oliver, MD, MPH The ID Fellowship Pipeline and Why It Matters A pandemic put infectious disease in the spotlight, yet the training pipeline still needs tending. Fellowship & TrainingAdvocacy Read more → November 7, 2025 · Lauren Epstein, MD, MS One Health: Human, Animal, and Environment Most new human pathogens come from animals — which is why health has to be understood as one connected system. One HealthEmerging Infections Read more → October 24, 2025 · Nora Oliver, MD, MPH Advocating for ID: Reimbursement and Our Field's Value Infectious disease delivers enormous value through cognitive care — but payment models often fail to reflect it. Advocacy Read more → October 10, 2025 · Tiffany Goolsby, PharmD, BCIDP Rapid Molecular Diagnostics and the Future Antibiogram Getting from sample to organism-and-resistance in hours rather than days is changing how we prescribe. DiagnosticsAntimicrobial Resistance Read more →