Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

March 11, 2019

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

March 11, 2019

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

March 11, 2019

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