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Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy provides expert comment on the state of the available whooping cough vaccine in the US in a POLTICO Pro article. See the full article here.

Health Policy Clinical Faculty member Marion Kainer featured in recent article by John Bartlett (http://cid.oxfordjournals.org) and she serves as a member of the working group on antimicrobial resistance for the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). PCAST Report: Obama Administration Takes Actions to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) – the most common bacterial cause of severe pneumonia – frequently colonizes the nasopharynx of children. Although most colonization does not result in disease, the acquisition of a new serotype (variety) of pneumococcus is critical in disease pathogenesis. Carlos G. Grijalva, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of Health Policy, and colleagues now report that a recent influenza or parainfluenza infection facilitates pneumococcal acquisition.