Infectious Disease

A new study using a mouse model suggests that an inflammatory response to influenza infection makes patients more susceptible to developing invasive pneumococcal disease.

As part of an interdisciplinary team at Pennsylvania Hospital, clinical pharmacists helped improve performance on 9 medication-related core measures.

An animated video demonstrating how influenza virus enters a human cell, penetrates the nucleus, replicate itself, and emerges to infect other cells.

A discussion of efforts to develop a universal influenza vaccine that will be capable of protecting against any potential strain of the influenza virus.

This video from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases discusses the causes of influenza pandemics.

Due to their increased susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease, welders are advised to receive the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

According to the results of a study, it appears more difficult to eradicate nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococcal and other bacterial diseases than it is to eradicate invasive disease.

Far more patients claimed to have adhered to their antibiotic prescriptions than actually did, according to the results of a study that used an electronic system to record when pill bottles were opened.

Doug Long, vice president of industry relations at IMS Health, discusses his predictions for the 2012-2013 flu season.

Pharmacists can debunk the myths and provide the facts about treatment for bronchitis.

Pharmacists can debunk the myths and provide the facts about treatment for bronchitis.

The kidneys and liver get a lot of attention when it comes to adverse reactions, but the lungs are susceptible to damage as well.

A study found significantly reduced rates of all otitis media and otitis media with effusion in children who received the H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine.

A review of 2 recent studies finds statistically significant advantages of antibiotics in terms of initial resolution of symptoms and clinical failure rate.

The American Association of Pediatrics recommends that all children older than 6 months receive the seasonal flu vaccine and has updated vaccine dosage guidelines for young children.

Since 2010, the CDC has recommended that all Americans older than 6 months receive the annual influenza vaccine, but coverage rates have so far fallen short of goals.

The 2011-2012 flu season saw relatively low rates of hospitalization for influenza and a low rate of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza.

A study of adults with invasive pneumococcal disease suggests that smokers and those who abuse alcohol should be targeted for pneumococcal vaccination.

This year's outbreak of West Nile virus has been particularly severe in Texas, which has been host to almost half of all cases.

The United States is on track to have the most cases of whooping cough in 5 decades--and waning vaccine effectiveness may be to blame.

The pneumococcal vaccine is among the most commonly delayed, putting children and others at risk of deadly disease.

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination both appear to reduce the mortality rate of patients with end-stage renal disease, according to results of a recent study.

Immunocompromised adults should receive the Prevnar 13 vaccine in addition to the Pneumovax 23 vaccine, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended.