IDSA and ID in the News
Each week, IDSA spokespersons interview with media organizations across the country, providing facts, perspectives and important public health information about infectious diseases to the public. Since the last edition of IDSA News we have coordinated six interviews with member experts and published eight articles. Several of those stories are highlighted below.
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- Healio Family Medicine: Nearly 40% of adults do not know shingles vaccine exists (Kathryn Edwards, MD, FIDSA)
- HealthDay: Over 2 Million Americans Have Hepatitis C, Opioids Help Drive Spread (Judith Feinberg, MD, FIDSA)
- Infectious Disease News: Compensation for ID physicians ‘not a simple issue to fix’ (Matthew Zahn, MD, FIDSA)
- LoHud: Rockland measles: Answers to frequently asked questions about historic outbreak (Matthew Zahn, MD, FIDSA)
- Managed Care: HIV/AIDS treatment drastically reduces mortality and helps to limit transmission (David Hardy, MD; Paul Sax, MD, FIDSA)
- Infectious Diseases in Children: Kindergarteners maintain high vaccination rates despite increasing exemptions. (Matthew Zahn, MD, FIDSA)
- The Hill: Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent, growing threat (Cynthia Sears, MD, FIDSA)
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