Clinical Insights

Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases
01/04/2022
In this podcast, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) Medical Director William Schaffner, MD, speaks about recent updates to vaccination recommendations from the Advisory Committee on...
01/04/2022
Vaccines
Vaccines
10/28/2021
In this soundbite, William Schaffner, MD, speaks about the research being done on a universal influenza vaccine that would protect against a variety of different strains of influenza. This topic was...
10/28/2021
Vaccines
Vaccines
10/12/2021
In this soundbite, William Schaffner, MD, speaks about whether concomitant receipt of recombinant zoster vaccine with another vaccine increases the risk of herpes zoster compared with receiving recombinant...
10/12/2021
Vaccines
Vaccines
09/14/2021
In this soundbite, William Schaffner, MD, speaks about the need for a safe and effective vaccine against cytomegalovirus infection to prevent congenital cytomegalovirus, including the potential of using a...
09/14/2021
Vaccines
Vaccines
09/14/2021
In this soundbite, William Schaffner, MD, speaks about the need for a safe and effective vaccine against cytomegalovirus infection to prevent congenital cytomegalovirus, including the potential of using a...
09/14/2021
Vaccines
Vaccines
08/09/2021
In this podcast, William Schaffner, MD, talks about updates from the June 2021 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), including recommendations for influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccines for...
08/09/2021
Geriatrics
Geriatrics
03/04/2021
In this podcast, William Schaffner, MD, answers our questions about herpes zoster, pneumococcal disease, and COVID-19 vaccinations for adults aged 50 years or older. 
03/04/2021
Immunizations
Immunizations
01/21/2021
In this short podcast, Gregory Poland, MD, from Mayo Clinic Rochester, speaks about zoster vaccination in older adults, how it will affect them later on, and the contraindications for the vaccine.
01/21/2021
Vaccines
Vaccines
01/23/2020
He discusses the new recommendations for pneumococcal vaccination put forth by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
01/23/2020
Vaccines
Vaccines
01/13/2020
In this podcast, Ralph Baric, PhD, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses his latest research on the National Institute of Health's dengue vaccine, what the findings mean for...
01/13/2020