Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Scientists recover dozens of antimicrobial and anticancer compounds from seaweed Defensive compounds produced by microbes are a major source of ...

Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Gary Borisy, PNAS.1522149113 Hundreds of different bacterial species are living inside your mouth. Some are ...

ANN ARBOR--Dangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules, University of Michigan ...

Credit: John Eisele/ CSU Photography A team of Colorado State University researchers has developed technology that can detect extremely small ...

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Each year at least 2 million Americans are infected with bacteria that cannot be treated ...

Researchers awarded up to $35 million by NIH to develop and test vaccines and post-infection treatments GALVESTON, Texas -- The ...

Credit: NIAID In a new series of articles, experts in immunology, virology, epidemiology, and vaccine development detail efforts to improve ...

Hepatitis B is a viral liver infection that can lead to acute or chronic conditions. Although there is a vaccine ...

Expert panel identified major barriers to influenza immunization among racial minorities, including older adults with low socioeconomic status and chronic ...

PITTSBURGH, April 8, 2019 - Children with acute respiratory infections were prescribed antibiotics more often during direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits than ...

A new study has found that cystic fibrosis patients who have a common virus may experience faster disease progression than ...

A DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody prevents Zika infection in mice and non-human primates, researchers report April 5th in the journal Molecular ...

Citing the spread of infections linked to rising rates of opioid use across the country including HIV, viral hepatitis, skin ...

Largest study of its kind provides important evidence for global strategy on scabies control Mass drug administration (MDA) of two ...