Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that could give pig farms advance notice of porcine epidemic ...

Credit: Lees et al. 2019 Jan 24, 2019 -- Differences in genetic diversity among bacterial pathogens correlate with clinically important ...

The government of Liberia, in partnership with the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School ...

Credit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) has been awarded a $22 million ...

NIH collaborates with African Academy of Sciences and Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationCredit: Photo by Chia-Chi Charlie Chang for NIH ...

Vaccination can reduce influenza-related hospitalizations by more than a third in this highly vulnerable population, according to a new study ...

Credit: NIAID Vaccinations have begun in a Phase 1 human clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable formulation of an experimental ...

Evolution of signaling molecules opens door to new sepsis therapy approachesCredit: Matthias Feige / TUM Small infections can be fatal: ...

UK, Europe and India fuel increase; gaps remain Geneva, 23 January 2019 - Funding for neglected disease R&D in 2017 ...

Scientists employ tool used for equine strep throat to identify new group A strep genesCredit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(Jan. 22, 2019) ...

Mass. General-led study supports urine-based tuberculosis screening in two African countries Screening all hospitalized patients with HIV for tuberculosis (TB) ...

EV-D68 is confirmed among AFM patients at Phoenix-area hospital PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Jan. 22, 2019 -- The Translational Genomics Research ...

Credit: NIAID WHAT: Children with a history of prior dengue virus infection had a significantly lower risk of being symptomatic ...

ANN ARBOR--A prior dengue virus infection could protect children from symptomatic Zika virus infection, according to a study by an ...

Credit: AFMC Public Affairs, US Air Force Previous infection with dengue virus may protect children from symptomatic Zika, according to ...

Proof-of-concept study demonstrates test's preclinical utilityCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Prions can infect both humans and animals, ...

More living organisms on our bodies and in our homes could help in combating diseases -- if we let them ...

After major global successes in the battle against malaria, the positive trend stalled around 2015 - apart from in Zanzibar ...

National Poll: Many parents still believe 'folklore strategies' or use vitamins or supplements for cold prevention that are not scientifically ...

A new antibiotic is being heralded as a breakthrough in the war against a superbugCredit: istock A new antibiotic developed ...