The ESCMID AMR Action Subcommittee has organised a series of online events leading up to World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) taking place 18 - 24 November 2025. These webinars cover topics under the theme of rethinking our response to AMR in different ways. You can learn more and register for each event now on our website and take part in a short audience survey.

Science and Research

The call for funded observerships is still open. Young scientists can apply to receive up to 2K EUR to travel to one of the over 100 collaborative centres to gain experience and exchange knowledge with colleagues in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

Applications are closing soon for the TAE Outstanding Trainee Award! Young scientists have until 30 September 2025 to submit themselves for this award that honours those with exceptional skills throughout their involvement with extracurricular activities, teaching, networking, and collaboration within the fields of CM and ID.

Education

Join us in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for our postgraduate course on viral infections in the ICU. The programme covers a range of viral infections commonly encountered in critical patients and provides insights into pathophysiology, immunology, diagnosis, and treatment.

Rapid diagnostics and surveillance of critical pathogens in the hospital are essential for patient treatment and hospital outbreak detection. This three-day course will combine foundational knowledge, practical skills, and expert insights to equip participants with the skills to apply metagenomics to their own clinical setting.

Congress and Events

The 14th edition of the IMMEM conference took place last week in Porto, and thanks to you all it was a fantastic event with over 250 participants from 35 countries. Congra tulations to the ESGEM awardees!

A big thank you to the organisers and ESGEM who curated the programme as well as our talented poster presenters who participated and brought their findings to the event. You can see pictures of the event on our website and look forward to the content being uploaded to the ESCMID Media platform in the coming weeks.

We’re excited to highlight an ESCMID session at the upcoming 14th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health titled “Epidemiological and diagnostic challenges: Evolution of outbreaks and recognition of emerging infectious diseases” featuring Xavier Lescure and Pikka Jokelainen from the ESCMID Emerging Infections Subcommittee.

Guidelines and Journals

Elsevier is looking to get your feedback on the ESCMID journal, Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). Take the readership survey by using the link below to help us ensure that CMI is fulfilling your needs. The survey is open until 30 November.

In this second collaboration between SIDP’s Breakpoints and ESCMID’s Communicable podcasts, hosts Erin McCreary and Angela Huttner invite the two principal investigators who spearheaded the BALANCE trial, Nick Daneman and Rob Fowler. The conversation covers everything from initial discussions, key takeaways and its impact on clinical practice as well as what’s next.

Measles cases have surged in the Americas, with over 11,000 cases and 23 deaths, mainly among unvaccinated children; PAHO/WHO urges stronger vaccination efforts. Ireland reported its first local cluster of mpox clade I, while Japan detected its first imported mpox clade 1b case, both linked to travel and under close public health monitoring. In China’s Guangdong province, over 1,700 chikungunya cases have triggered a public health emergency, marking the country’s largest outbreak. Australia has seen syphilis and gonorrhea cases more than double in a decade, with rising congenital syphilis and ongoing calls for improved screening. In Germany, 45 EHEC O45:H2 cases — including severe illness in children — have been reported, with the outbreak source still unknown.

Efficacy and safety of a China-developed live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine in Chinese healthy adults aged 40 years and older: a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 clinical trial

From random care to randomised clinical trials of patients with invasive streptococcal infections – research prioritisation and areas of equipoise

Public call for experts to become members of the EMA’s Scientific Advisory Group (SAG-IMM) on immune and inflammatory diseases

EMA invites you to live broadcast of the upcoming public webinar: Shortages: Putting Patients First on 4 November 2025 (14:00-16:00 CEST)