Carlos del Rio, MD, FIDSA, Named IDSA President

The Infectious Diseases Society of America is pleased to announce Carlos del Rio, MD, FIDSA, as the Society’s new president beginning Oct. 24.

Infectious Diseases Experts: “Don’t Wait to Be Boosted”

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 Statement on Global Fund Replenishment

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.

IDSA to the Public: Get Your COVID-19 Boosters

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.

Protecting Patient Autonomy and the Provider-Patient Relationship

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 Authorization of Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters

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.

Statement on NIAID Director Anthony Fauci

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.

IDSA Honors 175 Distinguished Physicians, Scientists with FIDSA Designation

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.

HIV Providers Call for Policy Reforms to End HIV as an Epidemic

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.

IDSA on New CDC Changes to Post-COVID-19 Infection Recommendations

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.

Monkeypox Bill Provides Crucial Steps Toward Equitable Access to Testing

IDSA applauds new legislation introduced by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) to ensure monkeypox testing is available at no cost to the public.

Monkeypox Public Health Emergency Should Grant Flexibility to Expand Treatment and Vaccine Access

IDSA and HIVMA support the Biden Administration’s decision to declare the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.