COVID-19

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending January 13, 2023.

How do infection preventionists navigate the many—and often contradictory—requirements that fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has brought upon them?

Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, discusses the great news about Ebola in Uganda. She also covers COVID-19 news, and what it has to do with the Clash of the Titans.

Have the CDC and EPA given enough correct guidance on how to use cleaning products during the COVID-19 pandemic, or is it “fundamentally flawed”?

How should health care workers, especially infection preventionists, give constructive criticism in their positions?

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending January 6, 2023.

The public expects infectious disease experts to know how to protect them—and themselves—from getting ill from infectious diseases, including COVID-19. So, what happens when the infectious disease specialist gets ill herself?

The CDC genomic surveillance found that the XBB.1.5 variant has increased from causing 1% to over 40% in only a month.

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, infection preventionists, nurses, environmental services personnel, and other health care workers cannot forget about C auris.

A recent study attempted to estimate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to their pets and identify the risk factors, including food and water bowls and human-animal contact.

Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, discusses infectious diseases as the new year begins.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending December 30, 2022.

Here are the top 5 video interviews from Infection Control Today for 2022.

Here is the most popular ICT® article of 2022.

However, improved IPC measures were not sufficient to protect HCP from occupational exposures during periods of high community incidence.

This last week of 2022, Infection Control Today® reviews the most popular articles. Here are the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd most popular.

Kevin Kavanagh, MD, discusses the continued concerns about COVID-19 vaccine efficacy reduction and what he believes should be done to protect against the further spread.

This last week of 2022, Infection Control Today® reviews the most popular articles. Here are the 7th, 6th, and 5th.

This last week of 2022, Infection Control Today® reviews the most popular articles. Here are the 10th, 9th, and 8th.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending December 24, 2022.

FDA approved this intravenous tocilizumab (Actemra) for hospitalized adults with COVID-19.

A study from Canada suggests that not being vaccinated for COVID-19 could mean an individual is at higher risk for an automobile accident. What if it is from brain damage from contracting COVID-19?

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending December 15, 2022.

Immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19. But do the current treatments protect them? If not, then what needs to be done?

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology released a statement on how to protect against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

Saskia v. Popescu covers the news about COVID-19 cases, Ebola, and cholera in the week before Christmas, 2022.

With many of the new COVID-19 vaccines not as effective against the new variants, reducing their spread without pharmaceuticals is even more critical.

Kevin Kavanagh, MD, reviews a book examining the results of Sweden's controversial decisions made during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending December 9, 2022.

Vaccines are one of the best weapons scientists have against pandemics. What can scientists and medical professionals do to prepare better vaccines for the next pandemic?