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UK launches plans to help combat antimicrobial resistance by 2040

The UK government has launched a 5-year action plan outlining how the nation intends to contribute to the containment and control of antimicrobial resistance by the year 2040.

25 Jan 2019

New analysis highlights need for rigorous evidence to back up 'The Global Fund' impact claims

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ('The Global Fund') asserts they and their partners have saved 27 million lives—but more rigorous evidence and data is needed to back up that claim, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet this week.

25 Jan 2019

Investigational Ebola treatment found to be safe in adults

The investigational Ebola treatment mAb114 is safe, well-tolerated, and easy to administer, according to findings from an early-stage clinical trial published in The Lancet.

25 Jan 2019

Newly developed algorithm could give pig farms advance notice of PEDV outbreaks

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that could give pig farms advance notice of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus outbreaks.

25 Jan 2019

Drought in rural Lesotho increases HIV risk among adolescent girls

Adolescent girls exposed to severe drought conditions in rural Lesotho had higher rates of HIV, according to a new study led by researchers at ICAP at Columbia University, a global health organization based at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, and from the Lesotho Ministry of Health and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

25 Jan 2019

Ebola virus identified in a West African bat

The government of Liberia, in partnership with the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and EcoHealth Alliance, announced the discovery of Ebola virus in a bat in Liberia.

24 Jan 2019

CMV vaccine provides a new way to fight malaria

Early research on a new approach to protecting against malaria is offering promising, potentially long-lasting results against the persistent parasite that sickens hundreds of millions people each year.

24 Jan 2019

Study outlines link between America's eviction crisis and high rate of STIs

Almost 2.3 million people are evicted from their homes annually and four evictions are filed every minute in the United States.

24 Jan 2019

Study demonstrates beneficial effects of influenza vaccination on COPD patients

A new study published in the January issue of CHEST establishes that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease face heightened risks of death, critical illness, and hospitalization if they develop the flu and demonstrates the beneficial effects of influenza vaccination.

24 Jan 2019

Study reveals cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in preventing HCV transmission

Providing clean injecting equipment through needle and syringe programmes is a highly cost-effective way of preventing hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs and could save millions of pounds in infection treatment costs in the UK, according to research led by the University of Bristol and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

24 Jan 2019

FDA authorizes marketing of new test to aid in the diagnosis of M. gen. infections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of a new test to aid in the diagnosis of a sexually-transmitted infection called Mycoplasma genitalium (M. gen.).

23 Jan 2019

Clinical testing begins for temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis vaccine

Vaccinations have begun in a Phase 1 human clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable formulation of an experimental tuberculosis vaccine candidate.

23 Jan 2019

Study: Prior dengue immunity in children may be protective against symptomatic Zika

Children with a history of prior dengue virus infection had a significantly lower risk of being symptomatic when infected by Zika virus, according to a study in Nicaragua of more than 3,000 children aged 2 to 14 years.

23 Jan 2019

Researchers working to eliminate malaria must also focus on how humans behave at night

Wherever possible, researchers should not just focus on mosquito behavior when working to eliminate malaria, but must also consider how humans behave at night when the risk of being bitten by an infected mosquito is highest, new findings from the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs suggest.

23 Jan 2019

New findings challenge existing strategies for fighting infectious diseases and germs

Do the same laws of biodiversity which apply in nature also apply to our own bodies and homes? If so, current hygiene measures to combat aggressive germs could be, to some extent, counterproductive.

22 Jan 2019

Migrants and refugees do not bring disease and are at greater health risk themselves says WHO

The irregular migrant refugees coming to European nations are often accused on bringing with them host of exotic communicable diseases that tend to spread among the host communities. The World Health Organization (WHO) this week has absolved the migrants of spreading disease in its first report that deals with this issue.

22 Jan 2019

Disease/Infection News

UK launches plans to help combat antimicrobial resistance by 2040

New analysis highlights need for rigorous evidence to back up 'The Global Fund' impact claims

Investigational Ebola treatment found to be safe in adults

Newly developed algorithm could give pig farms advance notice of PEDV outbreaks

Drought in rural Lesotho increases HIV risk among adolescent girls

Ebola virus identified in a West African bat

CMV vaccine provides a new way to fight malaria

Study outlines link between America's eviction crisis and high rate of STIs

Study demonstrates beneficial effects of influenza vaccination on COPD patients

Study reveals cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in preventing HCV transmission

FDA authorizes marketing of new test to aid in the diagnosis of M. gen. infections

Clinical testing begins for temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis vaccine

Study: Prior dengue immunity in children may be protective against symptomatic Zika

Researchers working to eliminate malaria must also focus on how humans behave at night

New findings challenge existing strategies for fighting infectious diseases and germs

Migrants and refugees do not bring disease and are at greater health risk themselves says WHO

Human 'common cold' virus continues to spread in wild chimpanzees

Scientists have reversed memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease

The Tiny Camera That Could Revolutionize Cardiovascular Surgery

Study offers new hope for elimination of malaria

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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