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EUSEM expresses concerns about the low level of evidence that underlies 1-hour sepsis bundle

Currently available evidence does not support the recent "Hour-1 Bundle" recommendation to perform five initial treatment steps within the first hour in patients with sepsis.

24 May 2019

Measles vaccination for all to prevent future disease outbreaks

Measles was declared eradicated in the United States in 2000, but has reappeared in recent months in the form of outbreaks in several states.

24 May 2019

EU-funded project works to better understand human and parasite interactions

Whipworms are parasitic roundworms that live preferentially in the human cecum, the blind pouch at the beginning of the large intestine. They tunnel through epithelial cells and cause inflammation, potentially resulting in trichuriasis, an infection similar to colitis.

23 May 2019

Black women are 'twice as likely to die' from aggressive uterine cancer

A new study has found that uterine cancer cases are rising and that black women are 'twice as likely to die' from aggressive uterine cancer.

23 May 2019

Patients with bipolar disorder are seven times more likely to develop Parkinson's

A new study has found that patients with bipolar disorder are seven times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease.

23 May 2019

University of Miami establishes AIDS Research Center to curb HIV epidemic

The United Nation's goal of ending AIDS around the world by 2030 is undeniably ambitious, but within tantalizing reach.

23 May 2019

Study reveals a better way to help increase support for vaccinations

The re-introduction of measles, mumps and other previously eradicated diseases to the United States is nothing short of a public health crisis. Since Jan. 1, a staggering 880 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 24 states -- the greatest number of cases since 1994. Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.

23 May 2019

Scientists identify target to ‘tone down’ hyper-active immunity to influenza infection

For most people, the influenza A virus, commonly known as the flu, is cleared from the body by our own immune system.

23 May 2019

Monkey-infecting virus shows promise as potential component of future HIV vaccine

A protein from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, which can infect monkeys and apes, has shown promise as a potential component of a vaccine against Human Immunodeficiency Virus, in a new study from scientists at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California.

22 May 2019

HIV treatment via community-based clubs can reduce retention of patients in care, study finds

Delivery of antiretroviral HIV treatment via community-based clubs can reduce retention of patients in care, according to a new research study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Colleen Hanrahan of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland and colleagues.

22 May 2019

Southern Research team aims to discover new, safer antimalarial medicines

Scientists at Southern Research's Drug Discovery division have joined the fight against malaria through efforts aimed at discovering new drugs and improving the safety and efficacy of current antimalarial medicines.

22 May 2019

UGA researchers create statistical method to better predict disease reemergence

Several University of Georgia researchers teamed up to create a statistical method that may allow public health and infectious disease forecasters to better predict disease reemergence, especially for preventable childhood infections such as measles and pertussis.

22 May 2019

Widespread HCV testing and treatment strategy in U.S. prisons improves outcomes

At current drug prices, testing all persons entering prison for Hepatitis C, treating those who have at least 12 months remaining in their sentence, and linking individuals with less than 12 months in their sentence to care upon their release would result in improved health outcomes.

22 May 2019

Lung cancer screening using Google AI proves to be successful

Researchers at Google have developed an algorithm that can successfully diagnose lung cancer in 94.4 percent of cases.

21 May 2019

Distractions and exercise may be key to managing chronic pain

A man who developed scoliosis as a teenager has developed ways to cope with chronic pain without using pain medication.

21 May 2019

Virtual clinical trial: Improving methadone dosage for drug users with TB to prevent withdrawal symptoms

Drug users on methadone programs who contract tuberculosis should receive effective treatment while maintaining the correct level of methadone in their bodies, following a virtual clinical trial by pharmacy researchers at Aston University in partnership with drugs charity Addaction.

21 May 2019

Disease/Infection News

EUSEM expresses concerns about the low level of evidence that underlies 1-hour sepsis bundle

Measles vaccination for all to prevent future disease outbreaks

EU-funded project works to better understand human and parasite interactions

Black women are 'twice as likely to die' from aggressive uterine cancer

Patients with bipolar disorder are seven times more likely to develop Parkinson's

University of Miami establishes AIDS Research Center to curb HIV epidemic

Study reveals a better way to help increase support for vaccinations

Scientists identify target to ‘tone down’ hyper-active immunity to influenza infection

Monkey-infecting virus shows promise as potential component of future HIV vaccine

HIV treatment via community-based clubs can reduce retention of patients in care, study finds

Southern Research team aims to discover new, safer antimalarial medicines

UGA researchers create statistical method to better predict disease reemergence

Widespread HCV testing and treatment strategy in U.S. prisons improves outcomes

Lung cancer screening using Google AI proves to be successful

Distractions and exercise may be key to managing chronic pain

Virtual clinical trial: Improving methadone dosage for drug users with TB to prevent withdrawal symptoms

Increasing access to mental health services improves outcomes for people with HIV

New coalition to boost fight against blood-feeding insects

Scientists develop single vaccination approach to combat influenza and pneumococcal infections

Sophisticated molecular machinery is used by dangerous pathogens to infect hosts

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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