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Uber brings on-demand flu prevention to Chicago

In partnership with Vaccine Finder, Uber is bringing on-demand flu prevention to Chicago. UberHEALTH helps Chicagoans stay healthy this season with flu prevention packs on demand TODAY, Nov. 18 from 10 am until 4 pm CST for free.

18 Nov 2014

Johns Hopkins Medicine names eight new scholars to improve health care in India

The Center for Clinical Global Health Education at Johns Hopkins Medicine, with significant financial support from the Ujala Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation, has named eight new scholars to improve health care in India, with a particular focus on fighting tuberculosis.

18 Nov 2014

New look at the workings of HIV, other viruses

UC Davis researchers are getting a new look at the workings of HIV and other viruses thanks to new techniques in electron microscopy developed on campus.

18 Nov 2014

MUHC study examines effect of regular re-evaluation of antibiotic use on cost, C. difficile infection rates

Resistance to antibiotics is an important health concern that affects both the spread of infections, like Clostridium difficile, and the medication budget. Researchers at the McGill University Health Centre examined the effectiveness of adopting an antibiotic "time-out" during treatment, which involves regularly re-evaluating the treatment strategy as the clinical situation evolves.

18 Nov 2014

NPS MedicineWise calls all Australians to join the fight against antibiotic resistance

As Antibiotic Awareness Week 2014 is held across Australia from 17-23 November, NPS MedicineWise is asking all Australians to imagine a world without antibiotics and join the fight against antibiotic resistance.

17 Nov 2014

Discovery opens up new routes to strengthen anti-smoking efforts to control TB

TB is an infectious disease that kills 1.5 million people each year, and smoking is the biggest driver of the global TB epidemic. Medical scientists at Trinity College Dublin and St James's Hospital in Ireland have unlocked the mechanism underlying the connection between smoking and Tuberculosis (TB).

17 Nov 2014

New study documents health dangers of male sex trade in Mexico City

A new study documents the stark health dangers of the male sex trade in the streets, hotels, and discotheques of Mexico City. Lead author and health economist Omar Galárraga's point in making the grim assessment of the legal but perilous market is to find an incentive that might reduce the spread of HIV and other diseases in the nation's community of men who have sex with men.

16 Nov 2014

New test can detect bloodstream infection with unprecedented speed, sensitivity

A new bloodstream infection test created by UC Irvine researchers can speed up diagnosis times with unprecedented accuracy, allowing physicians to treat patients with potentially deadly ailments more promptly and effectively.

16 Nov 2014

Plymouth researchers receive 2014 Oral and Dental Research Trust-GSK Research Award

Researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have received one of the prestigious 2014 Oral and Dental Research Trust-GSK Research Awards from the British Society of Oral and Dental Research, for a research project which seeks to re-programme the immune system to stop bone destruction and tooth loss in severe gum disease.

16 Nov 2014

Bacterial protein flagellin can prevent and cure rotavirus infection

Activation of the innate immune system with the bacterial protein flagellin could prevent and cure rotavirus infection, which is among the most common causes of severe diarrhea, says a Georgia State University research team that described the method as a novel means to prevent and treat viral infection.

14 Nov 2014

Scientists identify new factor behind major causes of blindness

Scientists at The University of Manchester have identified an important new factor behind one of the major causes of blindness, which they hope could lead to new treatments.

14 Nov 2014

Genticel completes patient enrollment for ProCervix phase II study

Genticel, a French biotechnology company and leading developer of therapeutic vaccines, today announces the completion of patient enrollment of the phase II study of its lead therapeutic vaccine candidate, ProCervix.

14 Nov 2014

Strains of enterotoxigenic E. coli worldwide have similar toxins and virulence factors

The strains of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) that infect adults and children in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, have notably similar toxins and virulence factors, according to research published ahead of print in the Journal of Bacteriology.

14 Nov 2014

Prosthetic retina could help counter the effects of AMD and related vision disorders

The loss of eyesight, often caused by retinal degeneration, is a life-altering health issue for many people, especially as they age.

13 Nov 2014

Montefiore Medical Center receives $3.5M grant to advance treatment for hepatitis C

Montefiore Medical Center received a $3.5 million grant as part of the $10 million Health Care Innovation Award from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services to identify, diagnose and treat people with hepatitis C (HCV).

13 Nov 2014

LSU Health New Orleans professor awarded $1.8 million grant to target intra-abdominal infections

Mairi Noverr, PhD, Associate Professor of Prosthodontics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry's Center of Excellence in Oral Biology, has been awarded a $1.8 million grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

13 Nov 2014

Experimental Ebola treatments to be trialled in West Africa next month

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) have announced that three trials of Ebola therapies will begin in West Africa this December.

13 Nov 2014

Denmark researchers calculate the real burden of foodborne infections

Campylobacter is the foodborne bacteria that contributes most to the burden of disease in Denmark. This is the finding of a study from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, which for the first time in Denmark ranks three foodborne bacteria according to the burden of disease they impose on society as a whole.

13 Nov 2014

Study reveals the origin of world's AIDS pandemic

A study published in Science magazine reveals for the first time where, when and how the world's AIDS pandemic originated. Thanks to a statistical analysis of all the genetic data available on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), an international research team has just confirmed that the scourge broke out in 1920 in Kinshasa, the capital of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

13 Nov 2014

Searching online for diagnosis before visiting doctor can predict dengue fever outbreaks in China

Queensland University of Technology researchers have found the habit of Googling for an online diagnosis before visiting the doctor can be a powerful predictor of infectious diseases outbreaks.

13 Nov 2014

Disease/Infection News

Uber brings on-demand flu prevention to Chicago

Johns Hopkins Medicine names eight new scholars to improve health care in India

New look at the workings of HIV, other viruses

MUHC study examines effect of regular re-evaluation of antibiotic use on cost, C. difficile infection rates

NPS MedicineWise calls all Australians to join the fight against antibiotic resistance

Discovery opens up new routes to strengthen anti-smoking efforts to control TB

New study documents health dangers of male sex trade in Mexico City

New test can detect bloodstream infection with unprecedented speed, sensitivity

Plymouth researchers receive 2014 Oral and Dental Research Trust-GSK Research Award

Bacterial protein flagellin can prevent and cure rotavirus infection

Scientists identify new factor behind major causes of blindness

Genticel completes patient enrollment for ProCervix phase II study

Strains of enterotoxigenic E. coli worldwide have similar toxins and virulence factors

Prosthetic retina could help counter the effects of AMD and related vision disorders

Montefiore Medical Center receives $3.5M grant to advance treatment for hepatitis C

LSU Health New Orleans professor awarded $1.8 million grant to target intra-abdominal infections

Experimental Ebola treatments to be trialled in West Africa next month

Denmark researchers calculate the real burden of foodborne infections

Study reveals the origin of world's AIDS pandemic

Searching online for diagnosis before visiting doctor can predict dengue fever outbreaks in China

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