Blogs
HIV Research at a Crossroads: Defunding Is Not the Way Through
Today HIV research is at a crossroads, but defunding will ensure that it is not the Americans who will travel down the road to a cure.
JUNE 29, 2025
Idaho: A ‘Pioneer’ of Social Change
I predict that Idaho will be a trendsetter! Yes, you read that right. Idaho, not New York, not California—Idaho. Unfortunately, this trend could put some of your patients at risk.
APRIL 24, 2025
History Repeats Itself
It turns out that mask mandiates were not such a radical idea; mask wearing in public had been mandated before—during the Spanish flu in 1918.
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Why We Vaccinate
Since one of the leading successes of modern medicine—vaccination—is under attack, I thought it might be a good idea to remind everyone why vaccination is important.
DECEMBER 14, 2024
Viruses—Outnumbering the Stars
My first encounter with the power of a virus took place when I was 11 years old. I contracted a relatively mild case of polio with leg paralysis.
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Where Has All the Joy Gone?
I've loved talking to ID specialists because they have been uniformly excited and intellectually stimulated by their field. Your excitement for ID is contagious. But burnout is infecting that enthusiasm.
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Who Will Save the World Next Time?
Infectious disease physicians, pharmacists, nurses, microbiologists and researchers save people’s lives every day.
AUGUST 21, 2024
More Options Than Ever, But Are They Enough?
Today’s ART not only provides options to patients but has turned a disease that was the second leading cause of death among young men in 1989 into a chronic illness.
JUNE 12, 2024
Rage Against the Machine
Make no mistake: Infectious disease physicians, pediatricians and pharmacists are up against a well-organized, well-funded machine when it comes to disinformation and misinformation about vaccinations.
APRIL 14, 2024
4 Tips for Pharmacists Managing Flu Outbreaks
Pharmacists are often the first line of defense for their communities during influenza outbreaks.
MARCH 11, 2024
Can We Keep Up With the Resistance?
Antimicrobial resistance is a leading cause of death worldwide. In 2019 alone, AMR directly resulted in about 1.27 million deaths, and played a role in almost 5 million deaths.
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
No Doom and Gloom Here
While the Infectious Disease Fellowship Match is disappointingly down for the second year in a row, it is not all doom and gloom.
DECEMBER 11, 2023
