New webinar taking place tomorrow at 15:00 CEST! Co-organised by the Emerging Infections Subcommittee and European HLIU network, this webinar will give an update on the situation, including where we stand now and experiences in the field.

Science & Research

There’s less than a month left to apply for the ESCMID Study Group Research Grants. These grants encourage collaboration among the groups and can propel your scientific career forward. Learn more and apply today.

We extended the deadline to submit your cases for the ESCMID/IDSA Clinical Grand Rounds at IDWeek taking place this October. The new deadline is 06 July. Young scientist members are invited to submit a short abstract including a case description, up to three figures, and a brief PowerPoint presentation outlining the case to the ESCMID Office for review at science[at]escmid.org.

Education

The IMPACT-ICU course aims to provide an up-to-date, evidence-based educational forum for clinicians and researchers dedicated to optimising infection outcomes in critically ill patients and managing the ICU setting.

This course explores antimicrobial stewardship through the combined lenses of clinical pharmacology, quantitative data analysis and artificial intelligence with a strong emphasis on practical tools. It is part of the AMS Certificate 2026-2028 with a few spots still available. Learn more and register today.

Congress & Events

Summer is the perfect time to start creating for the ESCMID Global 2027 Art Gallery. This year's theme “Invisible collaborators” invites artists to explore the unseen bacterial partners that quietly sustain life, health, and resilience. Submission opens 01 December 2026. Check out the previous galleries on the website now.

LMCE 2026 and the 67th meeting of one of our partner societies KSLM is taking place later this year in October. Abstract submission is closing soon on 03 July, and pre-registration ends 14 August. Learn more on their website.

Guidelines & Journals

In this episode of Communicable, Thomas Tängdén and Rekha Pai Mangalore return for part 2 of the ‘We will make you love PK/PD’ series. In this round, they are joined by Iris Minichmayr and Phil Selby for a deep dive into how PK/PD data and principles can be used as integral clinical tools to support dosing decisions.

Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak in eastern DRC and Uganda has caused over 1,000 cases and 250 deaths, complicated by a lack of approved vaccines and community resistance. Mpox transmission remains active globally, with Madagascar reporting 2,000 confirmed clade Ib cases, while European surveillance notes hundreds of clade I and clade II cases over the past year. A multi-country Salmonella bovismorbificans ST377 outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts across Europe. Yellow fever activity continues in the Americas and Africa. In Spain, a seasonal Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever case was reported. Elsewhere, Bangladesh recorded 97k suspected measles cases. WHO provides an update of the previously reported Nipah virus case in Kerala.

Efficacy and safety of a radiographic severity-stratified all-oral short treatment regimen for multidrug/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in China: an open-label, multi-center, randomized controlled, non-inferiority trial

Antimicrobial viewpoint: from fixed courses to flexible care - reconsidering antifungal treatment duration and route

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