Virtua Infectious Disease Physicians

04/27/2026

It’s looking like another bad tick season. You can protect yourself and loved ones from Lyme disease by taking simple precautions, like:

- Staying around the center of trails
- checking your body for ticks immediately after coming inside
- Wearing long sleeves/pants when possible

Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country.

04/27/2026

A NJ resident with measles exposed others at two locations.

A person with measles travelled through Newark International Airport before visiting Hackensack University Medical Center. The Hudson County resident is the

04/25/2026

Lyme disease tests often fail to catch the infection in its early stages. Detecting Lyme early is critical because symptoms become much worse as the disease progresses.

Tick-borne diseases are surging. We need better Lyme disease tests urgently.

As tick season gets underway, a new study finds commonly used Lyme disease tests are missing most early cases.The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Mi

04/24/2026

When it comes to staying healthy, there’s no replacement for a good night’s sleep. A new study shows just how much sleep quality boosts your immune system and prevents infections.

A composite measure of healthy sleep—which captured not just how long people sleep but how well and how consistently—is associated with a substantially lower risk of pneumonia, according to a long-term cohort study published this week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

04/23/2026

A person with measles exposed others to the virus at Newark Airport on 4/14 and at Hackensack University Medical Center on 4/17-4/18.

If you were there within 2 hours of the patient, you may be at risk. Symptoms can start up to 3 weeks after infection.

Travelers at Newark Airport may have been exposed to an individual with measles, New Jersey health officials warn.

04/22/2026

Take action to help rainforests and humanity. The Jane Goodall Institute is a great place to start! https://janegoodall.org/our-work/projects/

04/21/2026

A person with measles visited several locations in the Baltimore area between April 12-April 17. If you were at these locations, you may have been exposed. The virus takes up to 3 weeks to cause symptoms.

A case of measles has been confirmed in a Baltimore area resident who recently traveled internationally.

04/20/2026

Long COVID harms children’s learning and social development, a new study found.

Children and adolescents with long COVID are significantly more likely to experience worsening grades, difficulty concentrating, and having limited fun with friends, according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics.

04/17/2026

Over 3 million bottles of eye drops were recalled because they may not be sterile, meaning the could cause bacterial or fungal infections.

A California company has recalled more than 3.1 million bottles of lubricating eye drops because it had not properly tested – and thus could not prove – whether the products were sterile.

04/16/2026

Rotavirus is a highly contagious and dangerous disease. Children face the highest risk. Is your child protected?

Rotavirus is highly contagious, fast-moving and especially dangerous for babies and young children. Doctors worry declining vaccination rates could lead to more hospitalizations.

04/15/2026

Measles is spreading quickly in the Sacramento, California area. It’s the latest US outbreak in what has been a historically bad 16 months for measles.

A measles outbreak in the Sacramento region, the largest in California this year, has brought the state's year-to-date measles cases to 39 - far surpassing yearly totals for the last several years.

04/14/2026

Tick season is heating up. The number of tick-borne diseases is more than double what we usually see this time of year.

The Dose (April 14)