The Infectious Diseases Society of America is honoring 12 of its members who are leaders in the field at IDWeek 2022. IDSA recognizes the following for excellence in the field of infectious diseases.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America is honoring 12 of its members who are leaders in the field at IDWeek 2022. IDSA recognizes the following for excellence in the field of infectious diseases.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America is pleased to announce Carlos del Rio, MD, FIDSA, as the Society’s new president beginning Oct. 24.
IDSA urges everyone who is eligible to get boosted now as COVID-19 cases increase in Europe and other parts of the world — a sign that a surge could happen in the United States.
IDSA and HIVMA are pleased that global efforts to end the HIV, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics received much needed investment at the seventh replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Tremendous progress has been made in controlling the spread of COVID-19 and curbing its most lethal effects. There are now multiple types of vaccines, therapeutic options and a new vaccine that targets the prevailing, more contagious strain of COVID-19.
IDSA and HIVMA strongly oppose government interference in the patient-health care provider relationship and religious refusal laws and regulations that allow health care professionals, employers, systems or insurers to deny access to services based on their own personal religious beliefs.
IDSA supports decisions by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to authorize and recommend boosters meant to curb cases of more highly infectious strains of COVID-19.
IDSA and HIVMA are immensely grateful for Dr. Anthony Fauci’s contributions to the identification, treatment and containment of infectious diseases through his 38 years of leadership of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The nation’s leading infectious diseases professional society, recognizes the distinguished physicians and scientists from the United States and around the world who were elected this year to be Fellows of IDSA.
IDSA and HIVMA say that while barriers to ending the HIV epidemic are significant, the goal could be within reach with broad-based policy reforms at the federal, state and local levels.
Updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on masking and isolation post-COVID-19 infection are a positive sign that advances in vaccines and treatments have significantly lowered the risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from the disease.
IDSA applauds new legislation introduced by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) to ensure monkeypox testing is available at no cost to the public.