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Review highlights emerging public health threat of Powassan virus infection in North America

Cases of human infection with Powassan virus (POWV), which can cause fatal neuroinvasive disease and long-term neurological effects, appear to be increasing in the United States. POWV is transmitted by Ixodes tick species found in North America.

23 May 2017

Scientists report promising approach to combat influenza and improve survival

The influenza virus turns infected lung cells into factories that churn out thousands of copies of the virus to spread the infection. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have reported a promising new approach that uses an investigational cancer drug to dial down viral production and dramatically increase survival of flu-infected mice.

23 May 2017

Study: Spouses of Nepali migrant workers at higher risk of HIV

Traveling abroad to work or study has become a national trend in Nepal, especially in the young male population. Over three million Nepali migrant workers are in the Middle East, Malaysia and India.

23 May 2017

Study finds 22% antibiotic failure rate in pneumonia treatment

The new study presented at the 2017 American Thoracic Society International Conference has found that about 22.1%, approximately one in four adults, failed to respond to antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) treatment.

23 May 2017

New navigation program improves outcomes, longevity of care for HIV-infected adolescents and youth

Enrolling adolescents and young adults living with HIV in a program to help navigate care significantly increases the number of youths who remained in care compared with national estimates, according to study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics.

23 May 2017

Johns Hopkins researchers find ways to curb common and deadly hospital-acquired infections

For some hospital patients, going on a ventilator is often the difference between life and death. About 800,000 hospital patients undergo mechanical ventilation each year in the United States due to a variety of illnesses or conditions, such as a brain injury, stroke or pneumonia.

23 May 2017

Study finds link between deforestation and increasing malaria rates across developing nations

Nearly 130 million hectares of forest--an area almost equivalent in size to South Africa--have been lost since 1990, according to a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

22 May 2017

Healthy fatty acids can suppress dangerous listeria bacterium

Certain fatty acids are not just part of a healthy diet. They can also neutralize the harmful listeria bacterium, a new study shows. This discovery could eventually lead to improved methods to combat dangerous and drug-resistant bacteria.

22 May 2017

Complex malaria vaccine protects monkeys against virulent parasite strains

Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, modified an experimental malaria vaccine and showed that it completely protected four of eight monkeys that received it against challenge with the virulent Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite.

22 May 2017

Chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses: three viruses in one mosquito

The study published in Nature Communications on May 19 found that Aedes aegypti, the primary mosquito that carries the Zika virus, might also transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses with one bite.

22 May 2017

Study: Antibiotic therapy does not work for nearly one in four adults with community-acquired pneumonia

Approximately one in four (22.1 percent) adults prescribed an antibiotic in an outpatient setting (such as a doctor's office) for community-acquired pneumonia does not respond to treatment, according to a new study presented at the 2017 American Thoracic Society International Conference.

22 May 2017

Overcrowded emergency rooms may delay sepsis treatment, study reveals

According to a new study, patients with sepsis, a life-threatening complication of an infection, had delays approaching one hour in being given antibiotics when seen in emergency rooms that were overcrowded. The study was presented at the 2017 American Thoracic Society International Conference.

22 May 2017

Directly observed therapy linked to decrease in mortality among MDR TB patients

Directly observed therapy (DOT) for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) was associated with a 77 percent decrease in mortality in the United States, compared to self-administered therapy from 1993 to 2013, according to new research presented at the ATS 2017 International Conference.

22 May 2017

New study shows way to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections

They're a double-edged sword for nursing home residents and staff – making it easier and safer to handle a basic bodily function, but putting frail patients in danger of infections that can lead to confusion, falls and death.

22 May 2017

Rapid treatment with protocols could benefit sepsis patients

Following the tragic and widely publicized death of Rory Staunton, 12, from undiagnosed sepsis in 2012, New York became the first state to require that hospitals follow a protocol to quickly identify and treat the condition.

22 May 2017

New Thermia online health educational tool enables faster prediction of influenza outbreaks

Through integration with a wearable thermometer, the Thermia online health educational tool developed at Boston Children's Hospital has enabled prediction of seasonal influenza outbreaks in China one month earlier than before, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health.

19 May 2017

New anti-viral tool could become game-changer in the fight against MERS

In June 2012, a 60 year-old man with flu-like symptoms walked into a private hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Two weeks later, he died from multiple organ failure, becoming the first victim of a mysterious virus that came to be known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS.

19 May 2017

Crypto parasitic outbreaks related to swimming pools and water playgrounds, in the US, has doubled since 2014

According to preliminary data published today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the outbreak of parasitic infection related to swimming pools and water playgrounds was doubled in 2016 compared with 2014.

19 May 2017

Study findings shed new light on coinfection with chikungunya, dengue or Zika viruses

A new study led by Colorado State University researchers found that Aedes aegypti, the primary mosquito that carries Zika virus, might also transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses with one bite.

19 May 2017

New findings could lead to first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines

After analyzing the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak, a team of scientists from academia, industry and the government has discovered the first natural human antibodies that can neutralize and protect animals against all three major disease-causing ebolaviruses.

19 May 2017

Disease/Infection News

Review highlights emerging public health threat of Powassan virus infection in North America

Scientists report promising approach to combat influenza and improve survival

Study: Spouses of Nepali migrant workers at higher risk of HIV

Study finds 22% antibiotic failure rate in pneumonia treatment

New navigation program improves outcomes, longevity of care for HIV-infected adolescents and youth

Johns Hopkins researchers find ways to curb common and deadly hospital-acquired infections

Study finds link between deforestation and increasing malaria rates across developing nations

Healthy fatty acids can suppress dangerous listeria bacterium

Complex malaria vaccine protects monkeys against virulent parasite strains

Chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses: three viruses in one mosquito

Study: Antibiotic therapy does not work for nearly one in four adults with community-acquired pneumonia

Overcrowded emergency rooms may delay sepsis treatment, study reveals

Directly observed therapy linked to decrease in mortality among MDR TB patients

New study shows way to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Rapid treatment with protocols could benefit sepsis patients

New Thermia online health educational tool enables faster prediction of influenza outbreaks

New anti-viral tool could become game-changer in the fight against MERS

Crypto parasitic outbreaks related to swimming pools and water playgrounds, in the US, has doubled since 2014

Study findings shed new light on coinfection with chikungunya, dengue or Zika viruses

New findings could lead to first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines

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