Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a novel vaccine consisting of DNA and recombinant ...

Credit: CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Yiting Zhang The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes ...

Preliminary data from multi-country randomised trial find that half of patients in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam not cured by first-line ...

Targeting such genes may help treat deadly condition Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body's immune response ...

NIH-funded study evaluated strategies to identify and support men who have sex with men and transgender women with unsuppressed HIV ...

Credit: HPTN/Kim Cloete DURHAM, N.C. - Continuation of community-wide HIV testing and prompt initiation of treatment as delivered in the ...

Estimates show more than 800,000 child deaths could be averted annually with optimal breastfeeding Despite substantial progress, only three African ...

NIH-funded researchers present findings at International AIDS Society Conference Children born to women on HIV therapy containing the drug dolutegravir ...

Results show PKDL could be a threat to elimination of leishmaniasis in South Asia Geneva/New Delhi - 22 July 2019 ...

An algorithm that predicts the immune response to a pathogen could lead to early diagnosis for such diseases as tuberculosisCredit: ...

Credit: Mariana Lourenço Freire Accurate and timely diagnosis of the tropic disease visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the pillars ...

(Boston)-Donald M. Thea, MD, MSc, professor of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and director of ...

Credit: Kiley Riffell For female mosquitoes, finding their next meal is all about smelling and seeing. Through behavioral experiments and ...