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Targeting Uncertainty: Why Pregnancy May Be the Best Time to Build Vaccine Confidence

July 15th 2025

New national survey data reveal high uncertainty among pregnant individuals—especially first-time parents—about vaccinating their future children, underscoring the value of proactive engagement to strengthen infection prevention.

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A Profession Without a Path: Reforming Infection Prevention and Control Education and Workforce Development

June 20th 2025

Dr Erin Allmann Updyke and Erin Welsh, co-hosts of “This Podcast Will Kill You.”  (Image credit: author)
Combating Contagion, Confusion, and Public Mistrust: The Infection Preventionist’s Role in the Infodemic Era

June 19th 2025

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Back to Basics: Hospital Restores Catheter-Associated UTI Rates to Prepandemic Baseline

June 16th 2025

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Discouraged or Determined: How Politics Is Reshaping Public Health's Next Generation

June 11th 2025

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