Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Photo from Thomas Unnasch, University of South Florida Your advance look at three new studies in the American Journal ...

For infection-fighting cells, a guideline for expanding the troops

Researchers at Princeton look into the mathematical relationship that describes how T cells expand in response to infection T cells ...

To slow malaria, cure mosquitoes with drug-treated bed nets

Credit: Emily Lund, Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. For decades, one of the strongest weapons against malaria ...

Scientists discover a potential strategy to treat influenza A

In a breakthrough with applicability across many flu strains, researchers find a potential small molecule that mimics antibodies to treat ...

Winning the arms race: Analysis reveals key gene for bacterial infection

Researchers at Osaka University use molecular-level analyses of evolution to identify a key gene in bacterial infection, potentially providing a ...

Researchers unveil progress and challenges in introducing typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa/Asia

University of Maryland School of Medicine's Dr. Kathy Neuzil is leading an international consortium of researchers working to accelerate introduction ...

Study: Life-saving antibiotic receives new use guidelines from researchers around world

First international consensus reached to create guidelines on polymyxins, a last-resort antibiotic for deadly bacteria BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An international ...

$3 million NIH grant to study APOL1 and HIV synergy

Credit: Children's National Two Children's researchers have received a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

Zinc could help as non-antibiotic treatment for UTIs

Credit: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. New details about the role of zinc in our immune system ...

Improving researchers' abilities to forecast epidemics

Credit: Hokkaido University An annual influenza season forecasting challenge issued by the US Centers for Disease Control provides unique insight ...

Sewage reveals levels of antimicrobial resistance worldwide

Credit: Frank Aarestrup A comprehensive analysis of sewage collected in 74 cities in 60 countries has yielded the first, comparable ...

TB medicine pretomanid enters regulatory review process in the United States

NEW YORK, NY (March 8, 2019)--TB Alliance's new drug application (NDA) for the novel tuberculosis (TB) drug candidate pretomanid has ...

Researchers report high rate of viral suppression among people new to HIV care

NIH-funded study reflects advances in HIV care, but gaps remain Eighty-six percent of individuals who entered HIV care soon after ...

Germ-fighting catheter coating may help prevent infections

Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University researchers have developed a new antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters that could ...

How does the body respond to diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis?

Credit: Christensen, et al. (CC BY 4.0, 2019) In diffuse cutaneous leishmanisis (DCL), a rare form of leishmaniasis, parasites grow ...

Promising new drug shows potential to stop progression of sepsis

Pre-clinical trial of InnovoSep presented at RCSI Research Day 2019Credit: RCSI Thursday, 7 March 2019: Research into a new breakthrough ...

Computer-designed vaccine elicits potent antibodies against RSV

The nanoparticle platform for this respiratory syncytial virus study will be applied to vaccine research on flu, HIV, and more; ...

Antibiotics and PPIs linked to increased risk of infectious diarrhea in children

Judicious use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics may help reduce C. difficile infections NEW YORK (March 7, 2019) -- ...

Child's elevated mental ill-health risk if mother treated for infection during pregnancy

Credit: Photo: Pontus Sundén Risks for autism and depression are higher if one's mother was in hospital with an infection ...

Hurricane Maria had a significant impact on HIV care outcomes