| Medical Societies: Adults Need Vaccines
11/19/2008 |
| The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) have released a joint statement on the importance of adult vaccination against an increasing number of vaccine-preventable diseases. The statement has been endorsed by 17 other medical societies representing a range of practice areas. |
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| Outpatient Infusion and Injection Coding and Payment Information
11/19/2008 |
Provides up-to-date information on the way infectious diseases physicians code and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimburses for office-based infusions and injections. Please visit www.opat.com for additional infusion-related information. (Log-in Required) |
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| Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza 2008 Monograph
11/11/2008 |
In this CME-certified monograph the conference co-chairs, Arnold S. Monto, MD, FIDSA, Richard J. Whitley, MD, FIDSA, and Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD, MPH, present the highlights of the Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza 2008 conference.
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| Guideline Update: Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents
11/04/2008 |
FDA Alert |
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| Health Care Barriers for Undocumented Immigrants: Raising Tuberculosis Risk?
10/29/2008 |
| A new study raises the question, do barriers to health care for undocumented immigrants increase the public health risk of tuberculosis? The study, published in the November 15, 2008 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and now available online, suggests that undocumented immigrants with tuberculosis have symptoms longer before seeking care than documented immigrants or U.S.-born patients, resulting in more severe symptoms and more opportunities for transmission. |
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| IDSA Comments on the Development of Influenza Antiviral Home MedKits
10/29/2008 |
At a meeting of FDA advisory committee regarding development of an influenza antiviral home MedKit, IDSA provided public comments about the challenges to safe and effective use posed by the unknowns regarding use of current antivirals in a pandemic, combined with the absence of medical supervision in the proposed scenario of home based use. |
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| Bad Bugs, No Drugs/Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act: Our Advocacy Campaign (PPT)
10/24/2008 |
Presentation by Robert J. Guidos, JD, IDSA Director Public Policy & Government Relations before the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists |
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| IDSA Backs Funding for BARDA and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
10/24/2008 |
IDSA and other organizations wrote to all Representatives and Senators to request that additional funding for BARDA and pandemic influenza preparedness be included in any stimulus package considered by the Congress during the remainder of 2008. |
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| IDSA News - October 2008
10/23/2008 |
Vol. 18 No. 10 Top Stories - SHEA, IDSA, and Partners Publish Strategies to Prevent Health Care-associated Infections
- ID Specialists Have New Negotiating Tool
- IDSA Journal Club, September 2008
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| 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting
10/22/2008 |
| Come out and participate in the 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, being held in Washington, DC, October 25-28, 2008. |
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