The call for individual research grants for projects in fungal/parasitic/viral infections is closing on 02 September. As part of this call there are also six special grants available for projects covering AMR, emerging infections or vaccines.

We are also pleased to offer additional grants in the “Women in Science” category which strengthens the foundation of female early-career researchers and does not require ESCMID membership to apply.

Science & Research

Join this webinar in collaboration with the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) exploring how sepsis management and antimicrobial stewardship work hand in hand in the ICU, balancing timely treatment with responsible antimicrobial use. Join live on 08 September at 16:00 CEST.

This series is organised by the Vaccines and Emerging Infections Subcommittees and this first part focuses on scientific evidence for cross protection with an existing ebola vaccine and the implications for public health. Register today and join live on 16 September at 14:00 CEST.

Education

Gain insight into the challenges of reconstructing, annotating, and comparing plasmids from bacterial whole-genome sequencing data and gain strategies to detect plasmid-borne antimicrobial resistance, understand transmission dynamics, and support outbreak investigations.

Equip yourself with practical strategies for diagnosing and managing high-burden infectious diseases, particularly in resource-limited and tropical settings. Gain expertise through interactive, real-world clinical discussions led by national and international experts.

Congress & Events

Get ready for GAMRIC 2026 starting soon in Lisbon, Portugal. If you’re unsure about whether you should attend or not, you can check out the programme and our current video series with attendees from last year describing why this event is so important in the fight against AMR.

Guidelines & Journals

In this episode of Communicable, Amy Legg, Rekha Pai Mangalore and Angela Huttner return for the third part of the “We will make you love PK/PD” series. They are joined by Amanda Gwee and Sebastian Wicha to discuss an important application of PK/PD: model-informed precision dosing, and how it allows for more informed, individualised dosing decisions.

A Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the DRC has resulted in 5290 confirmed cases and 2516 deaths amid widespread community transmission, while Uganda has declared its outbreak over and France reported a single case in a returning healthcare worker. In Europe, an unvaccinated four-year-old girl in Italy died from suspected respiratory diphtheria. Meanwhile, a cluster of 21 measles cases has been traced to a folk festival in Sweden. Beyond Europe, Peru has reported 42k dengue cases. In the United States, a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and Salmonella linked to alfalfa sprouts has reached 55 cases, and two A(H1N2)v influenza cases were linked to ill swine.

Reduced outpatient antibiotic prescribing is not associated with increased incidence of upper respiratory tract infections and complications: a large population-based cohort study

EMA announced that the International Council for Harmonisation Assembly has endorsed Annex 2 of the ICH E6(R3) guideline on Good Clinical Practice.