December 12, 2018
Donald Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, Past President of IDSA and mentor to many in the field, passed away on Nov. 27, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Read MoreThis year’s ID fellowship Match brought similar, if not slightly improved, results when compared with last year.
Read MoreBy now, you have likely heard from IDSA, HIVMA and colleagues about the vote to update the Society bylaws. For the vote to be successful, we need 20 percent of the membership to participate. We are nearly there, but we need you to help us cross the finish line.
Read MoreThe IDSA Board of Directors has approved a new name for the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Task Force.
Read MoreIf you plan to take the Traditional MOC Exam or the Knowledge Check-in in 2019, registration is now open.
Read MoreThe National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) has announced that the interim 2019 payline for K awards (except K99) would be set at 18 – an increase from the Institute’s October interim payline of 14 and level with the payline from 2018.
Read MoreIn this feature, a panel of IDSA members identifies and critiques important new studies in the current literature that have a significant impact on the practice of infectious diseases medicine.
Reviews in this issue: Hold the Door! Association of Operating Room Door Openings with Cardiac Surgical Site Infections, Understanding the Cryptococcal Meningitis Immune Response May Enhance Diagnosis and Treatment, and Bacteremia in Liver Transplant Patients: Leave the Immunosuppressants Alone
The Senate has passed legislation reauthorizing PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, extending for another five years the flagship U.S. global HIV program that provides lifesaving HIV treatment to more than 14 million people.
Read MoreOutpatient clinical laboratory tests will receive the second of three expected 10 percent reimbursement cuts on Jan. 1, 2019.
Read MoreThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently hosted its first-ever Lyme Innovation Roundtable.
Read MoreThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the independent panel of health experts that makes evidence-based recommendations on clinical preventive services, issued a draft recommendation for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, giving it an “A” grade.
Read MoreThe HIVMA Clinical Fellowship Program is accepting applications for the 2019-2020 cycle.
Read MoreMichael Butera, MD, FIDSA is a physician on the move, whether it is taking care of patients across the San Diego area, serving as a delegate to the California Medical Association, or leading county and city efforts to combat infectious diseases.
Read MoreThe Science Speaks blog covers the 2018 WHO Global Malaria report, CDC/WHO report on measles and the challenges of combatting Ebola in a war zone .
Read MoreThe Hill published an opinion piece by HIVMA Chair David Hardy, MD on World AIDS Day discussing how entry restrictions, discriminatory policies and failures to implement proven interventions compromise United States leadership of the global AIDS response. Read this and other contributions here.
Read MoreHere’s a glance at the latest discussions happening on MyIDSA, IDSA’s members-only online community (login required):
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