When Obesity Meets Infection Risk

• by Kathryn Wighton

• February 10, 2026

How does IBD relate to joint infection risk?

Investigators assessed 90-day outcomes among patients with IBD who underwent elective total joint arthroplasty.

• by Kathryn Wighton

• August 31, 2026

• 4 min

4CMenB tied to modest gonorrhea protection in real-world study

The 38.4% reduction in gonorrhea risk “could translate into preventing a substantial number of infections and complications.”

• by Julia Cipriano, MS, CMPP

• September 9, 2026

• 4 min

Adjuvanted and high-dose influenza vaccines had comparable effectiveness against test-confirmed influenza outcomes including hospitalizations in overall and high-risk older adults in the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons

• by Mahrukh Imran, Benjamin Chastek, Tim Bancroft, Noah Webb, Stephen I. Pelton, Mendel D.M. Haag, Ian McGovern

• September 1, 2026