Conference Coverage
Conference Coverage
Colombia reports first Zika deaths, all in medically compromised patients
Five people with confirmed Zika virus infections have died in Colombia, and all had medical comorbidities.
Conference Coverage
HHS calls on Congress to approve supplemental Zika funding
The White House implored Congress on April 6 to act quickly on requests to allocate substantial funding for combating the Zika virus, as the...
Conference Coverage
CDC urges states to prepare for Zika
As warmer weather raises the possibility of local Zika virus transmission in the continental United States, federal health officials are pushing...
Conference Coverage
College students report perceived barriers to HPV vaccine
College-aged men and women had positive attitudes toward human papillomavirus vaccination, yet perceived cost and access barriers factored into...
Conference Coverage
Lifetime HIV infection risk declines, but some still at high risk
The risk that a person living in the United States will become infected with HIV in his or her lifetime is declining, compared with a decade ago,...
Conference Coverage
Continuity of care can limit HIV deaths
Getting people who are infected with HIV onto early antiretroviral therapy (ART) and keeping them on it may be the best way to reduce HIV-related...
Conference Coverage
Low phosphate linked to postop infection risk
Phosphate levels following colorectal surgery are predictive of risk for intra-abdominal infections.
Conference Coverage
Dengue vaccine 100% effective in human challenge trial
All 21 subjects exposed to a strain of DENV-2 virus were protected from dengue virus infection 6 months after receiving candidate vaccine TV003....
Conference Coverage
As varicella recedes, zoster rises: The question is ‘why?’
Conference Coverage
Infection rates similar for in- and out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest
Key clinical point: Postresuscitation infection rates were similar for in- and out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest (IHCA and OHCA). Major...
Conference Coverage
When toenail onychomycosis can turn deadly
Pay special attention in the immunocompromised and immunosuppressed.