Infectious Diseases News
June 7, 2024
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June 5, 2024 — An international research team has found almost a million potential sources of antibiotics in the natural ...
June 3, 2024 — Obeldesivir (GS-5245), a novel investigational small molecule oral antiviral, represents a new tool in the ongoing effort to prepare for future ...
May 31, 2024 — An international team has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with a common human parasite. The virus is associated with severe inflammation in humans infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, leading the team to ...
May 31, 2024 — Researchers have isolated human monoclonal antibodies against influenza B, a significant public health threat that disproportionately affects children, the elderly and other immunocompromised ...
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May 29, 2024 — An international team developed a new model, based on a case study of Nigeria, that may help public health officials accelerate the introduction of rubella vaccination in countries that have yet to ...
May 30, 2024 — Using a combination of cutting-edge immunologic technologies, researchers have successfully stimulated animals' immune systems to induce rare ...
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while sparing healthy microbes in the mouse ...
May 29, 2024 — Bioengineers report that a foaming liquid worked better than a standard liquid formulation at transferring gene therapy components to cells in laboratory ...
May 29, 2024 — Review of research to-date suggests vaccination remains the most effective strategy for avian influenza prevention and control in humans, despite ...
May 28, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that bank voles in southern Sweden (Sk ne) carry a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever in humans. This finding was made more than 500 km south of the previously known ...
May 23, 2024 — The Epstein-Barr virus can cause a spectrum of diseases, including a range of cancers. Emerging data now show that inhibition of a specific metabolic pathway in infected cells can diminish latent ...
May 22, 2024 — Researchers conducted a Phase III trial to test the 100-year-old Bacillus Calmette-Gu rin (BCG) vaccine in people with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 ...
May 24, 2024 — Mice administered raw milk samples from dairy cows infected with H5N1 influenza experienced high virus levels in their respiratory organs and lower ...
May 21, 2024 — A new laboratory study suggests that human body lice are more efficient at transmitting Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, than previously thought, supporting the possibility that ...
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May 24, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new strain of vaccinia virus, which can replicate in tumor cells while maintaining increased immunogenicity. Specifically, it can to induce so-called immunogenic cell ...
May 23, 2024 — A rare condition surged among previously unaffected groups of people during the COVID-19 pandemic and led to the deaths of nine patients, researchers say. The condition is a type of autoimmune ...
May 21, 2024 — Currently available flu medications only target the virus after it has already established an infection, but what if a drug could prevent infection in the first place? Now, scientists have designed ...
May 20, 2024 — Two newly discovered mechanisms in bacteria have been identified that can contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance. Changing the number of copies of resistance genes in bacteria ...
May 17, 2024 — A study has found that repeat vaccination with updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine promotes the development of antibodies that neutralize a wide range of variants of the virus that causes ...
May 17, 2024 — An HIV vaccine candidate triggered low levels of an elusive type of broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies among a small group of people enrolled in a 2019 clinical ...
May 15, 2024 — Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was detected in dairy cattle for the first time in the United States in March, with nine states reporting outbreaks by May. While the method of transmission ...
May 15, 2024 — At present, there is no specific active substance against hepatitis E. As the disease kills 70,000 people every year, researchers are actively searching for one. A team may have found what ...
May 14, 2024 — Researchers have discovered the virus that causes COVID-19 can breach the protective blood-retinal-barrier with potential long-term consequences in the ...
May 13, 2024 — Birth by C-section more than doubles odds of measles vaccine failure. Researchers say it is vital that children born by caesarean section receive two doses of the measles vaccine for robust ...
May 9, 2024 — A team has developed a vaccine approach that works like a GPS, guiding the immune system through the specific steps to make broadly neutralizing antibodies against ...
May 7, 2024 — For people with HIV, the risk of anal cancer varies according to their geographic ...
May 6, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks -- including ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers have found that a brain disorder associated with flu (influenza-associated encephalopathy, or IAE) can be caused by the influenza virus entering the brain from the blood via endothelial ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers are on a mission to kill drug-resistant bacteria, and a new study has identified a therapy that can penetrate the slime that such infections use to protect themselves from ...
May 1, 2024 — A study has identified a therapy that can penetrate the slime that such infections use to protect themselves from antibiotics. Scientists showed that an antimicrobial peptide from cows has potential ...
May 1, 2024 — An experimental influenza vaccine carrying more than 80,000 variations of hemagglutinin antigens caused the immune system of mice and ferrets to respond more strongly to less variable portions of the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — The first study of the use of microarray patches to vaccinate children has shown that the method is safe and induces strong immune responses. The phase 1/2 randomized trial compared results from the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed a model of Kaposi sarcoma that could expedite the development of new drugs to treat the disease, which is the most common cancer in people living with ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new ...
Friday, May 24, 2024
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Repeat COVID-19 Vaccinations Elicit Antibodies That Neutralize Variants, Other Viruses
- A Trial HIV Vaccine Triggered Elusive and Essential Antibodies in Humans
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- H5N1 Virus from 2022 Mink Outbreak Capable of Inefficient Airborne Transmission
- An Active Agent Against Hepatitis E
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Monday, May 13, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Promising New Treatment Strategy for Deadly Flu-Related Brain Disorders
- Medical School Scientist Creates Therapy to Kill Hypervirulent Bacteria
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- Therapy to Kill Hypervirulent Bacteria Developed
- New Strategy Could Lead to Universal, Long-Lasting Flu Shot
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Microarray Patches Safe and Effective for Vaccinating Children, Trial Suggests
- Kaposi Sarcoma Discovery Could Facilitate Drug Development
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence Can Develop Treatments to Prevent 'superbugs'
- Can Climate Change Accelerate Transmission of Malaria? Pioneering Research Sheds Light on Impacts of Temperature
- A Vaccine to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Optimal Timing Maximizes Paxlovid Benefits for Treating COVID-19
- Dengue Fever Infections Have Negative Impacts on Infant Health for Three Years
Monday, April 22, 2024
- New Technology Uncovers Mechanism Affecting Generation of New COVID Variants
- Rise Seen in Use of Antibiotics for Conditions They Can't Treat -- Including COVID-19
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Vaccine Breakthrough Means No More Chasing Strains
- Specific Nasal Cells Protect Against COVID-19 in Children
- Antibiotics Aren't Effective for Most Lower Tract Respiratory Infections
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- New Drug Prevents Flu-Related Inflammation and Lung Damage
- Scientists Identify Pro-Aging 'sugar Signature' In the Blood of People Living With HIV
- Study Flags Unexpected Cells in Lung as Suspected Source of Severe COVID
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Researchers Develop More Broadly Protective Coronavirus Vaccine
- New Antibiotic Class Effective Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- How the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Enters Our Cells
- New Method Developed to Isolate HIV Particles
- COVID-19 Antibody Discovery Could Explain Long COVID
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- New Testing Approach Improves Detection of Rare but Emerging Powassan Virus Spread by Deer Ticks
- Just Ask: Patients in the ER Are Willing to Get a Flu Shot
- Researchers a Step Closer to a Cure for HIV
- Silicon Spikes Take out 96% of Virus Particles
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Cancer Therapies Show Promise in Combating Tuberculosis
- Humans Pass More Viruses to Other Animals Than We Catch from Them
Friday, March 22, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Research Finds a Direct Communication Path Between the Lungs and the Brain
- Research Offers Hope for Preventing Post-COVID 'brain Fog' By Targeting Brain's Blood Vessels
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Severe Lung Infection During COVID-19 Can Cause Damage to the Heart
- Experts Warn Climate Change Will Fuel Spread of Infectious Diseases
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Addressing Both Flu and COVID-19 Through a Single, Multitasking Injection
- Newborn Piglets Serve as a Model for Studying Influenza
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Infections from These Bacteria Are on the Rise: New Blood Test Cuts Diagnosis Time from Months to Hours
- Age and Sex Associated With Patient's Likelihood of Antimicrobial Resistance
- New Bioengineered Protein Design Shows Promise in Fighting COVID-19
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Scientists Find Weak Points on Epstein-Barr Virus
- Vaccine Monitoring Crucial as SARS-CoV-2 Variants Continue to Evolve
Friday, March 8, 2024
- Zika Virus Vaccine Emerges as an Unlikely Hero in Battling Brain Cancer
- Researchers Open New Leads in Anti-HIV Drug Development, Using a Compound Found in Nature
- COVID-19 Virus Can Stay in the Body More Than a Year After Infection
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- What Makes a Pathogen Antibiotic-Resistant?
- Children Surpass a Year of HIV Remission After Treatment Pause
Monday, March 4, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- New Antibodies Target 'dark Side' Of Influenza Virus Protein
- How Virus Causes Cancer: Potential Treatment
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Long-Term Data Reveals SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccine-Induced Antibody Responses Are Long-Lasting
- 'Hexaplex' Vaccine Aims to Boost Flu Protection
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Scientists Discover Link Between Leaky Gut and Accelerated Biological Aging
- Study of Usefulness of Lockdowns During Epidemics Identifies Alternate Solution
- Study Finds High Number of Persistent COVID-19 Infections in the General Population
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Researchers Are Using RNA in a New Approach to Fight HIV
- Breakthrough in Developing the PD-1-Enhanced DNA Vaccine for Over 6-Year cART-Free AIDS Prevention and Virologic Control
Monday, February 19, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Double Risk of Dementia After Mouth Ulcer Virus
- Climate Change Drove the Emergence of West Nile Virus in Europe
- Scientists Discover Hidden Army of Lung Flu Fighters
- Case Study: Drug-Resistant Bacteria Responds to Phage-Antibiotic Combo Therapy
- COVID-19 Vaccination and Boosting During Pregnancy Protects Infants for Six Months, Study Finds
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- New Trial Highlights Incremental Progress Towards a Cure for HIV-1
- Interactions Between Flu Subtypes Predict Epidemic Severity More Than Virus Evolution
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- Switching Arms Improves Effectiveness of Two-Dose Vaccinations, Study Suggests
- New Cell Therapy Shows Promise With ARDS Patients
- Flu Virus Variants Resistant to New Antiviral Drug Candidate Lose Pathogenicity
- How T Cells Combat Tuberculosis
Monday, February 5, 2024
- Immune Response, Not Acute Viral Infections, Responsible for Neurological Damage, Study Finds
- Virus Ancestry Could Aid Bid to Predict Next Pandemic, Study Finds