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C. difficile study finds the sharing of multiple antibiotic-resistance genes between pigs and humans

A study investigating samples of the superbug Clostridioides difficile across 14 pig farms in Denmark finds the sharing of multiple antibiotic-resistance genes between pigs and human patients, providing evidence that that animal to human (zoonotic) transmission is possible.

24 Apr 2022

Research identifies the third day of hospitalization as a tipping point in progression of COVID-19 pneumonia

New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Lisbon, Portugal, (23-26 April), has identified the third day of hospitalization as a tipping point in the progression of disease among symptomatic patients admitted for COVID-19 pneumonia.

23 Apr 2022

Disease-causing amoebas that live on organic leafy vegetables could be a threat to public health

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April), suggests that disease-causing amoebas that live on organic leafy vegetables can shelter human pathogens like Pseudomonas, Salmonella, and Helicobacter and are a potential risk to public health.

23 Apr 2022

Nurseries, schools, nursing homes and other indoor settings exposed to high levels of respiratory pathogens during winter

High levels of respiratory pathogens are present in the air of nurseries, schools, nursing homes and other indoor settings during winter, according to new research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Lisbon, Portugal, (23-26 April).

23 Apr 2022

Researchers identify cytokines that can help predict negative outcomes in COVID-19 patients

New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April) has identified a panel of cytokines that can help predict which COVID-19 patients are at risk of serious illness and death.

23 Apr 2022

Study: A considerable number of healthcare workers took sick leave after COVID-19 vaccination

A third of healthcare workers took sick leave after being vaccinated against COVID-19, a German study presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal, (23-26 April) has found.

23 Apr 2022

An abnormally suppressed immune system may be to blame in some cases of long COVID-19

A UCLA-led team of researchers studying the effect of the monoclonal antibody Leronlimab on long COVID-19 may have found a surprising clue to the baffling syndrome, one that contradicts their initial hypothesis.

22 Apr 2022

Sri Lanka’s healthcare system heavily affected by the current economic crisis

Sri Lanka's acute economic crisis has begun to tell on its health care system with critical medicines running out for want of hard currency to import supplies, experts say.

22 Apr 2022

CDC announces launch of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the launch of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA).

21 Apr 2022

Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity may influence HIV transmission from mother to child during breastfeeding

According to new research from Boston Medical Center, the antibody function known as antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and the ADCC sensitivity of HIV strains may influence the transmission of HIV from mother to child during breastfeeding.

21 Apr 2022

Revolutionary mRNA vaccine technology: History, facts and the future

mRNA vaccine technology is a field full of promise – as well as unanswered questions – for communities living with the burden of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases.

20 Apr 2022

Geoengineering the climate could redistribute malaria risk in tropical countries

Geoengineering the climate would have massive repercussions for the health of billions of people at risk of malaria who live in tropical countries, according to a new finding by scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and colleagues.

20 Apr 2022

Advancements in HIV science

As far as viruses go, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is quite simple. About 100,000 times smaller than a red blood cell, the virus expresses just a dozen proteins, yet it can establish a lifelong infection that, if left untreated, causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and death.

20 Apr 2022

CAR T-Cell Therapy: The Future of Cancer and HIV Treatment?

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Professor Jun Huang about CAR T-cell therapy and its future as a potential treatment for cancer or HIV.

20 Apr 2022

Study reveals a complexity to how the body "regulates the regulators" of the immune system

Checkpoint inhibitors have become important tools in the cancer-fighting arsenal. By blocking proteins that normally restrain the immune response, these drugs can help the immune system destroy cancer cells.

20 Apr 2022

Report provides recommendations to help prevent or mitigate economic challenges during future public health emergencies

The Association for Molecular Pathology, the premier global, molecular diagnostic professional society, today released a report entitled "Economics of Clinical Testing during a Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from Two Years of COVID-19."

19 Apr 2022

Study finds higher risk of dementia among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia

A new study from the from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Health Care shows patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia have a higher risk of developing dementia than those with other types of pneumonia.

19 Apr 2022

Research sheds new light on how the body's immune system deals with malaria

By analyzing samples from patients who have been treated for malaria in Sweden, researchers at Karolinska Institutet can now describe how the immune system acts to protect the body after a malaria infection.

19 Apr 2022

Why cheap, older drugs that might treat covid never get out of the lab

In March 2020, Dr. Joseph Vinetz left the contemplative world of his Yale University infectious-disease laboratory and plunged into the covid ward at Yale New Haven Hospital, joining an army of health care workers who struggled to treat the deadly viral disease.

19 Apr 2022

Poor sleep increases risk of long COVID

Researchers investigate the presence and impact of health behaviors like smoking and poor sleep in individuals on long COVID.

18 Apr 2022

Infectious Diseases News and Research

C. difficile study finds the sharing of multiple antibiotic-resistance genes between pigs and humans

Research identifies the third day of hospitalization as a tipping point in progression of COVID-19 pneumonia

Disease-causing amoebas that live on organic leafy vegetables could be a threat to public health

Nurseries, schools, nursing homes and other indoor settings exposed to high levels of respiratory pathogens during winter

Researchers identify cytokines that can help predict negative outcomes in COVID-19 patients

Study: A considerable number of healthcare workers took sick leave after COVID-19 vaccination

An abnormally suppressed immune system may be to blame in some cases of long COVID-19

Sri Lanka’s healthcare system heavily affected by the current economic crisis

CDC announces launch of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics

Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity may influence HIV transmission from mother to child during breastfeeding

Revolutionary mRNA vaccine technology: History, facts and the future

Geoengineering the climate could redistribute malaria risk in tropical countries

Advancements in HIV science

CAR T-Cell Therapy: The Future of Cancer and HIV Treatment?

Study reveals a complexity to how the body "regulates the regulators" of the immune system

Report provides recommendations to help prevent or mitigate economic challenges during future public health emergencies

Study finds higher risk of dementia among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia

Research sheds new light on how the body's immune system deals with malaria

Why cheap, older drugs that might treat covid never get out of the lab

Poor sleep increases risk of long COVID

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