The Infectious Diseases Society of America strongly supports the CDC’s recommendation that unvaccinated people previously infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 get vaccinated as soon as possible after they have fully recovered.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America supports the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice’s unanimous recommendation to allow “mix-and-match”—or heterologous—COVID-19 booster shots for at-risk populations. 

In legal rulings issued on Sept. 1 and Sept. 20, a federal judge in Texas dismissed all claims a group of Lyme disease patients had brought against the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  

Infections caused by bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics led to $1.9 billion in health care costs, more than 400,000 days in the hospital and more than 10,000 deaths among older adults across the U.S. in 2017, according to a new study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Collins has provided a steady, scientific voice throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership, NIH was instrumental in researching, developing and communicating about lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. 

IDSA, PIDS and SHEA recommend, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that clinicians caring for these evacuees consider the varied presentations of medical conditions, including infectious diseases.

IDSA has stated its opposition to the National Quality Forum’s re-endorsement of the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) quality measure, as the Society has major concerns with the SEP-1 measure as it is currently specified.

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that despite improvements in mortality rates among people with HIV over 20 years, women had a higher risk of mortality than men, and Black women had the highest years of potential life lost, according to a study presented at IDWeek.