The Pharmacy Times® Infectious Disease Resource Center is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on a group of disorders caused by organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.
April 24th 2025
New research reveals how aging weakens immune responses to RSV in older adults, increasing severity and hospitalization risks.
Pneumococcal Disease Prevention for Older Adults and the Pharmacist’s Role in an Evolving Vaccine Landscape
1.0 Credit / Immunization, Infectious Diseases
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Navigating the HIV Treatment Frontier: Equipping Managed Care Professionals With Strategies for Innovation, Ac...
1.5 Credits / HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases
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The Impact of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking (Pharmac...
2.0 Credits / Human Trafficking, Law
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Ensuring Pharmacy Technicians’ Proficiency in Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies
1.0 Credit / Law, Pain Management, Opioids
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The Role of the Pharmacist in Influenza Prevention for At-Risk Adults: Strategies to Enhance Immunization
1.5 Credits / Infectious Diseases
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The Essential Role of Pharmacists in Improving Influenza Vaccination Coverage: Strategies to Increase Vaccine ...
1.0 Credit / Immunization, Infectious Diseases
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The Role of Pharmacists in Pneumococcal Prevention: Strategies to Improve Vaccine Uptake
1.0 Credit / Immunization, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonology
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Insights in Influenza Immunization: The Long-Term Care Pharmacist’s Role in Improving Health Outcomes in At-Ri...
1.0 Credit / Immunization, Infectious Diseases
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Exploring HIV Long-Acting Injectable Uptake: How Pharmacists Can Encourage Long-Acting Injectables to Stem the...
1.5 Credits / HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease
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Beyond the Spots: Management of Measles
1.0 Credit / Infectious Disease, Immunization
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Updated CAP Guidelines Narrows the Scope
October 3rd 2019The newly published guidelines answer 16 core questions about the diagnosis and treatment of CAP in adults. The guidelines are more narrow in scope than previous versions and focus primarily on the care of a patient with active pneumonia.
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Risks of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Examined
July 18th 2019A binational team of investigators at the University of California, Davis, has conducted the first comprehensive study to examine the risk factors for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexicali, Mexico. They found that citywide, just 1 in 1000 ticks was infected with the disease, but in certain neighborhoods, about 1 in 10 ticks was infected.
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Robust Responses Found in 20-Serotype Pneumococcal Vaccine Trial
April 17th 2019The study presented at the 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands was a phase 2 randomized, active-controlled, double-blinded trial (N=444). All participants were ages 60 to 64 years.
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FDA OKs Treatment for Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Skin Infections
October 4th 2018FDA officials have approved omadacycline (Nuzyra, Paratek), a modernized tetracycline, to treat adults with acute skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP).
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Study: Adult Vaccination Increases With Health Insurers' Pharmacy Benefit
September 25th 2018Inconsistency of insurance policy coverage, unaffordability, and difficulty accessing vaccine providers were found to be key barriers for adult immunization in a recent study by UCLA Center for Health Policy researchers.
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