Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Andrea Pires dos Santos (CC BY 4.0) Rickettsia bacteria cause a number of human and animal infections, including Rocky ...

New framework helps gauge impact of mosquito control programs

Effective methods of controlling mosquito populations are needed to help lower the worldwide burden of mosquito-borne diseases including Zika, chikungunya, ...

Transgenic fungus rapidly killed malaria mosquitoes in West African study

Technology developed at the University of Maryland could safely reduce malaria mosquito populations, including insecticide-resistant strainsCredit: Oliver Zida According to ...

Human contact plays big role in spread of some hospital infections, but not others

Findings suggest hand hygiene is key, but more methods needed to fight multidrug-resistant infectionCredit: David Dorward; Ph.D.; National Institute of ...

LSU health research finds new RX target for common STD

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Ashok Aiyar, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology ...

Bacteria’s protein quality control agent offers insight into origins of life

Soon after cells invented protein assembly, they faced another task crucial to survivalCredit: Helge Paternoga, Joazeiro laboratory. JUPITER, Fla.--May 30--Our ...

Public health leaders call for new efforts to promote vaccination acceptance

On Thursday, an international coalition of public health leaders including CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY ...

Diagnostic will help propel development of improved malaria tests, support surveillance

Seattle, WA, and Logan, UT, May 30, 2019--PATH and Quansys Biosciences, Inc. have announced the launch of a new diagnostic ...

New push to develop world’s first vaccine against the deadly Strep A bacteria

30 May 2019, SEOUL, South Korea - The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) will ...

Stellenbosch University researchers study resistance to ‘protect’ anti-TB drug

Scientists from Stellenbosch University are trying to conserve the life-saving treatment bedaquiline, by studying how the bacterium that causes TB ...

New study evaluates transcatheter dialysis conduit procedures over 15 years

Reston, VA (May 29, 2018) - A new research study by Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that utilization ...

Experimental drug completely effective against Nipah virus infection in monkeys

Credit: NIAID WHAT: The experimental antiviral drug remdesivir completely protected four African green monkeys from a lethal dose of Nipah ...

Low vitamin D in pregnancy linked to potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in black women

Pregnant black women low in vitamin D have higher levels of bacteria associated with preterm delivery, report investigators at the ...

Manuka honey to kill drug-resistant bacteria found in cystic fibrosis infections