Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Catch-up vaccination may be efficient means for controlling epidemics in big cities with large migrant populations February 14, 2019 -- ...

Previous FDA approval could fast-track new treatmentCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications An antidepressant drug used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder ...

Study follows passage of HOPE Act of 2013, allowing people with HIV to become organ donorsCredit: NIAID The first large-scale ...

Antiseptic soap, mouthwash, and nose ointment after hospital discharge reduced infections and infection-associated hospitalizations due to MRSA in high-risk patients ...

Cost-effective biosensor provides immediate and accurate resultsCredit: UBC Okanagan A handheld 'tricorder' that can test for biological contamination in real-time ...

Model is likely cost-effective and greatly increases reporting of vital statisticsCredit: Doreen Nabukalu, M.P.H. Chapel Hill, NC - Training community ...

Credit: Penn State Employing advanced genetic-tracing techniques and sharing the data produced in real time could limit the spread of ...

Pushing forward the frontier of vaccine scienceCredit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Using sophisticated gene sequencing and computing techniques, researchers at ...

For the first time ever, researchers are comprehensively sequencing the human immune system, which is billions of times larger than ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13, 2019 - A high proportion of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases can be cured in conflict-affected communities with ...

Targeting fluoroquinolone prescribing in hospitals is effective, a 48-hospital study shows, but many patients still get discharge prescriptions for themCredit: ...

How well can H7N9 and H5N8 genetically mix with a seasonal strain? When influenza viruses that infect birds and humans ...

The bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori owes its worldwide distribution to its genetic adaptability. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) Munich microbiologists have identified an ...

In one example, researchers uncovered an unexpected pattern of HIV infection among transgender women and cisgender men in Los Angeles ...