Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

The nanoparticle platform for this respiratory syncytial virus study will be applied to vaccine research on flu, HIV, and more; ...

Antibiotics and PPIs linked to increased risk of infectious diarrhea in children

Judicious use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics may help reduce C. difficile infections NEW YORK (March 7, 2019) -- ...

Child's elevated mental ill-health risk if mother treated for infection during pregnancy

Credit: Photo: Pontus Sundén Risks for autism and depression are higher if one's mother was in hospital with an infection ...

Hurricane Maria had a significant impact on HIV care outcomes

Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico had a significant impact on HIV outcomes among people living with HIV and ...

Tuberculosis diagnosis in people with HIV increases risk of death within 10 years

NIH-Supported analysis identified elevated mortality in large Latin American cohortCredit: NIAID Among people with HIV in Latin America, those diagnosed ...

Study finds Ebola survivors in Liberia face ongoing health issues

Credit: PREVAIL/NIAID Survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Liberia had a higher prevalence of certain health issues--including uveitis (eye ...

A ‘Post-Antibiotic World?’

Antibiotic resistance is spreading from wastewater treatment plants The products of wastewater treatment have been found to contain trace amounts ...

BOHEMIA will develop a new vector control strategy to kill malaria-transmitting mosquitoes

Unitaid has awarded a US$25.3 million grant to the Barcelona Institute for Global Health for a project that seeks to ...

Results of ABATE infection trial published

Hospital patients with central venous catheters experienced a decrease in bloodstream infections with daily bathing using antiseptic soap and nasal ...

Infection control technique may reduce infections in patients with catheters, drains

Study finds use of antibiotic soap and antibiotic nasal ointment reduces infections by 30 to 40 percent Each year, approximately ...

Study confirms and quantifies Zika-microcephaly link in Brazil

Women infected with Zika virus early in pregnancy are almost 17 times more likely to have a child with microcephaly, ...

Results of trial to stem hospital-acquired bacterial infections published

NIH-sponsored ABATE study shows benefit for subset of hospitalized patientsCredit: NIH New findings from a large, randomized clinical trial that ...

Study to investigate how sexual trauma increases HIV susceptibility in women

Sexual violence produces adverse social and behavioral impacts -- and biological tooCredit: THRIVE Study and UC San Diego School of ...

UMaine-led team discovers protein, lipid connection that could aid new influenza therapies