Weekly Rounds: COVID-19, Fighting a Disease With a Disease, Rise in RSV Infections, and More
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending February 24, 2023.
Here are 5 highlights from Infection Control Today®'s (ICT®’s) wide-ranging coverage of the infection prevention and control world. Everything from interviews with known opinion leaders to the news that infection preventionists and other health care professionals can use on their jobs.
How Soon Is Another Booster Needed? Durability of Vaccine-Induced Immunity
Specifically for older individuals and immunocompromised individuals, a year could be too long.
Is the Rise in RSV Infections Associated With Immune Debt or SARS-CoV-2 Immune Dysfunction?
Post-COVID-19 immune dysfunction is supported by epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory evidence. Attributing, with little to no evidence, that masking and lack of exposure is the primary driver of increases in bacterial and viral infections discourages critical interventions needed to stop the spread of disease.
Mpox Emergence: A Review of the 2022-2023 Outbreak
Mpox (formerly “monkeypox”) is endemic in certain African countries but was rarely reported in the Western world until recently.
CROI Now Covers More Than HIV
The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2023 has research in COVID-19, mpox, hepatitis, and other viral infections, plus networking, and even Anthony Fauci, MD, speaking on his legacy.
COVID-19 Immunity: Catching a Disease to Prevent a Disease?
Catching COVID-19 to prevent a more severe case is not a good strategy, says Kevin Kavanagh, MD.
Beyond the Surface: Rethinking Environmental Hygiene Validation at Exchange25
June 30th 2025Environmental hygiene is about more than just shiny surfaces. At Exchange25, infection prevention experts urged the field to look deeper, rethink blame, and validate cleaning efforts across the entire care environment, not just EVS tasks.
A Controversial Reboot: New Vaccine Panel Faces Scrutiny, Support, and Sharp Divides
June 26th 2025As the newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met for the first time under sweeping changes by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the national spotlight turned to the panel’s legitimacy, vaccine guidance, and whether science or ideology would steer public health policy in a polarized era.
Getting Down and Dirty With PPE: Presentations at HSPA by Jill Holdsworth and Katie Belski
June 26th 2025In the heart of the hospital, decontamination technicians tackle one of health care’s dirtiest—and most vital—jobs. At HSPA 2025, 6 packed workshops led by experts Jill Holdsworth and Katie Belski spotlighted the crucial, often-overlooked art of PPE removal. The message was clear: proper doffing saves lives, starting with your own.
