Physician in the Loop: Infectious Disease

A rapid urine test for invasive aspergillosis, cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late 2025, identified 46 of 50 confirmed cases in a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medicine said. Korean researchers reported an artificial intelligence model that predicts long intensive care unit stays in sepsis.

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Congo's health ministry reported 4,018 deaths among 8,300 confirmed cases in an Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus, and Médecins Sans Frontières said a staff member was infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counted 3,887 U.S. measles cases this year, and companies reported topline phase 3 antibody results in hepatitis delta and COVID-19.

Read this week's roundup and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specialties/infectious-disease/2026-09-28/

The voices on this episode are generated by AI, and so is the script, from the week's specialty roundup at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the roundup links to its source.