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COVID-19 boosters and updated vaccines are more important for older adults, study suggests

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine limits transmission, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19 even among patients infected by variants of the virus, but the effectiveness of antibodies it generates diminishes as patients get older, according to a study by UT Southwestern researchers.

29 Nov 2022

New biosensing platform detects SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in five minutes

Rapid, cheap and accurate tests continue to be essential for epidemiological surveillance and for health services to monitor and contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Brazilian scientists have contributed to endeavors in this field by developing an electrochemical immunosensor that detects antibodies against the virus.

29 Nov 2022

How SARS-CoV-2 immune responses vary by population due to environmental and genetic factors

Researchers investigate the genetic, immunological, and evolutionary factors that determine the vast variability observed in clinical manifestations of COVID-19.

28 Nov 2022

Innovative trial aims to quickly find effective flu treatments

A new national trial, launched today, aims to use pandemic lessons to help quickly find effective treatments for people hospitalized with severe flu.

28 Nov 2022

Meta-analysis informs a change to treatment guidelines for uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy

A new WWARN meta-analysis commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) which informed a change to its treatment guidelines has been published in The Lancet.

28 Nov 2022

Acute COVID-19 infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad gut microbes

In an intensive look at the effects of the virus causing COVID-19 on patients' microbiome – the collection of microorganisms that live in and on the human body – Rutgers scientists found that acute infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad microbes in the gut, especially with antibiotic treatment.

28 Nov 2022

Are nasal-spray vaccines the solution to respiratory infectious diseases?

A recent study published in the journal Trends in Molecular Medicine reviewed the current efforts in developing nasal vaccines, delivery systems, and clinical applications for preventing respiratory illnesses.

28 Nov 2022

People who belong to blood group Rh(D) have elevated risk of parvovirus infection

The risk of being infected by parvovirus is elevated in those people who have blood group Rh(D), according to a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in collaboration with Octapharma.

25 Nov 2022

Multivalent mRNA-based vaccine may serve as a preventative measure against future flu pandemics

An experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu strains in initial tests, and thus might serve one day as a general preventative measure against future flu pandemics, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

25 Nov 2022

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022: What is the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

As part of World Antimicrobial Resistance Week 2022, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Tomislav Meštrović about his new research discussing the burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region, as well as about how we can prevent antimicrobial resistance together.

24 Nov 2022

Exploring clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers described the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Netherlands.

24 Nov 2022

How national programs leveraged PEPFAR-supported laboratory resources for SARS-CoV-2 testing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers described ways in which national-level programs leveraged PEPFAR [president’s emergency plan for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) relief]-aided laboratory-based resources for SARS-CoV-2 testing during COVID-19.

24 Nov 2022

What Impact is Antimicrobial Resistance having on Animal Health?

For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022, we speak to Junxia Song, FAO Senior Animal Health Officer, about the impact AMR is having on animal health.

24 Nov 2022

Single-cell transcriptome analysis provides insights into bat immunity

In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and colleagues in Singapore have sequenced the response to viral infection in colony-bred cave nectar bats (Eonycteris spelaea) at single-cell resolution.

24 Nov 2022

COVID-19 disparities more likely to negatively impact Black and Hispanic men

More than two years into the pandemic, multiple analyses of federal, state and local data show that people of color were, and continue to be, disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

23 Nov 2022

The Native Antigen Company Strengthens Senior Team to Support Growing Product Portfolio

The Native Antigen Company (part of LGC Clinical Diagnostics), one of the world’s leading suppliers of reagents that enables research into vaccines and diagnostics for emerging and endemic infectious diseases, today announced two key appointments to its management team.

From The Native Antigen Company 23 Nov 2022

Recommendations to improve health and wellbeing of individuals incarcerated in U.S. prisons

Adequately funded policies and procedures are needed to reduce health care disparities in access to and the quality of health care for the U.S. jail and prison population says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new policy paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

23 Nov 2022

Experts highlight the expanding presence and emerging risks from three endemic fungal diseases

Infectious diseases expert George Thompson has been studying and treating fungal diseases for over two decades. He monitors their spread, symptoms and relative risks.

22 Nov 2022

Previously unknown links between genetic factors in ASD identified

In a new study published today in Cell Reports, researchers from the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute (DKJEI), part of the Krembil Research Institute at University Health Network, have identified previously unknown connections between genetic factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

22 Nov 2022

Monkeypox viruses can be inactivated by two who-recommended hand disinfectants

People in many countries are contracting monkeypox, even though they have not travelled to any regions where the virus is mainly circulating.

22 Nov 2022

Infectious Diseases News and Research

COVID-19 boosters and updated vaccines are more important for older adults, study suggests

New biosensing platform detects SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in five minutes

How SARS-CoV-2 immune responses vary by population due to environmental and genetic factors

Innovative trial aims to quickly find effective flu treatments

Meta-analysis informs a change to treatment guidelines for uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy

Acute COVID-19 infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad gut microbes

Are nasal-spray vaccines the solution to respiratory infectious diseases?

People who belong to blood group Rh(D) have elevated risk of parvovirus infection

Multivalent mRNA-based vaccine may serve as a preventative measure against future flu pandemics

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022: What is the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

Exploring clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

How national programs leveraged PEPFAR-supported laboratory resources for SARS-CoV-2 testing during the COVID-19 pandemic

What Impact is Antimicrobial Resistance having on Animal Health?

Single-cell transcriptome analysis provides insights into bat immunity

COVID-19 disparities more likely to negatively impact Black and Hispanic men

The Native Antigen Company Strengthens Senior Team to Support Growing Product Portfolio

Recommendations to improve health and wellbeing of individuals incarcerated in U.S. prisons

Experts highlight the expanding presence and emerging risks from three endemic fungal diseases

Previously unknown links between genetic factors in ASD identified

Monkeypox viruses can be inactivated by two who-recommended hand disinfectants

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