The North Dakota State University Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) is hosting a free virtual conference, June 16-17, for healthcare providers and public health professionals to examine ways to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates.

IDSA Foundation, in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS will host the 2021 IDea Incubator, the premier showcase of technology in the field of infectious diseases and a pitch-style competition that drives innovations across various disciplines with the potential to improve the infectious diseases specialty and patient care.

In separate United Kingdom meetings June 3-5, G7 ministers of health and finance committed their nations to confronting the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, with meaningful and concrete actions. The concluding documents from the ministers’ meetings directly address priorities promoted by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. With commitments to foster new antibiotic development through international and cross-sectoral collaboration

With significant increases and meaningful investments in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and State Department global health programs, President Biden’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year offers the promise of renewing our country’s role as a leader of infectious disease responses that can detect, prevent and contain public health threats where they emerge.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and its HIV Medicine Association support universal removal of the slur “red man syndrome” and recommends replacing it with “vancomycin infusion reaction,” a term that emphasizes pathophysiology over visual appearance on skin.