Bid to beat rabies could benefit from oral dog vaccine, study finds
Vaccines hidden in dog food could help curb the spread of rabies in countries with large populations of stray dogs, ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Opioid epidemic is increasing rates of some infectious diseases
Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis WHAT: The United States faces a converging public ...
Gorillas gather around and groom their dead
Scientists observe cases of gorillas touching and grooming the bodies of dead individuals, with potential implications for the spread of ...
NIH begins first-in-human trial of a universal influenza vaccine candidate
Investigational vaccine designed to provide broad, durable protection from fluCredit: NIAID The first clinical trial of an innovative universal influenza ...
Immunotherapy kicks and kills HIV by exploiting a common virus
Credit: Donna Stolz, Ph.D./University of Pittsburgh, Center for Biologic Imaging PITTSBURGH, April 3, 2019 - In a first on the ...
HPV infection high in minority men who have sex with men despite available vaccine
Few young gay and bisexual men get the vaccination, which is effective at preventing HPV-related cancers, Rutgers study finds The ...
NJIT researchers detect minute levels of disease with a nanotechnology-enhanced biochip
Credit: NJIT The difficulty in spotting minute amounts of disease circulating in the bloodstream has proven a stumbling block in ...
Combine data to improve malaria tracking, say scientists
New studies suggest combining data around parasite genetics and human movement can improve malaria transmission mapping, and help with efforts ...
Slight decline in hepatitis C diagnoses in Europe
European surveillance data for 2017 show high level of diagnosesCredit: ECDC European surveillance data show a 10% decrease in newly ...
Fast-changing genetics key to hospital superbug survival
For the study, published today in Microbial Genomics, a team of scientists at UCL Genetics Institute and Peking University People's ...
High throughput method to produce and screen engineered antimicrobial lanthipeptides
Credit: Steven Schmitt ETH Zürich Nature has provided us with lots of antimicrobials. However, given the rapid increase of antimicrobial ...
New Bombali ebolavirus found in Kenyan bat
Evidence for a widespread virus reservoir in AfricaCredit: Paul Webala Until recently, five ebolavirus species were known, with three of ...
New ebolavirus, found in bats, more widespread than thought
Researchers discovered the virus, which does not infect humans, in Kenya, 3,400 miles west of where it first appearedCredit: Paul ...
Adults at high risk for HIV infection have low rates of vaccination against HPV
ATLANTA -- Adults who are at high risk of becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, ...
Acute flaccid myelitis requires galvanized research response
NIH experts review puzzling muscle paralysis condition in childrenCredit: CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Yiting Zhang WHAT: Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) presents ...
Despite risk of birth defects, HIV drug should be considered for women in South Africa
Dolutegravir may reduce deaths in women, HIV transmission to children and men Although a woman's use of the HIV drug ...
Evidence for link between ‘leaky gut’ and autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients
Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina report in Microbiome that autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients who have undergone ...
Novel strategy fights back bacterial antibiotic resistance
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new strategy to combat antibiotic resistance has emerged from a study led by researchers ...
Research identifies potential target for group a streptococcus vaccine
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 1, 2019) -- Most people think of "strep throat" as a relatively benign infection cured by a ...
Fish slime: An untapped source of potential new antibiotics
ORLANDO, Fla., March 31, 2019 -- As current antibiotics dwindle in effectiveness against multidrug-resistant pathogens, researchers are seeking potential replacements ...