The number of physicians who matched in adult and pediatric infectious diseases this year improved slightly over 2023, signaling a potential boost to the specialties, officials said.
“We are encouraged that this year’s results begin to reverse a decline seen in the post-pandemic era,” Infectious Diseases Society of America President Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society President Bill Steinbach, MD, FPIDS, FIDSA, FAAP, said in a press release.
“Nevertheless, more than 80% of counties in the United States do not have any ID expert at