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Researchers identify obesity as possible risk factor for clostridium difficile infection

Researchers from Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine have identified obesity as a possible risk factor for clostridium difficile infection. These findings, which appear online in Emerging Infectious Diseases, may contribute to improved clinical surveillance of those at highest risk of disease.

25 Oct 2013

Residents of Orange County, California nursing homes carry community-associated MRSA

More than one quarter of residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California carry community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which spread more easily, and may cause more severe infection than MRSA traditionally associated with healthcare facilities, according to a paper published in the November 2013 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

25 Oct 2013

Merck provides overview of clinical trial program for HPV vaccine V503

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today provided an overview of the clinical trial program for V503, the company's investigational 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine, to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in the United States.

25 Oct 2013

Full and early treatment may cure babies with HIV

A report published in The New England Journal of Medicine provides confirmation of what researchers say is the first case of HIV remission in a child born with the virus.

24 Oct 2013

Common food additive can block new strain of avian influenza virus

A common food additive can block a deadly new strain of avian influenza virus from infecting healthy cells, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine in the online journal, PLOS ONE.

24 Oct 2013

Pertussis incidence: an interview with Leonard Friedland, M.D., V.P. and Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Health for GSK Vaccines

Distinguishing pertussis (also known as whooping cough) from other respiratory illnesses is challenging in particular among adults because the signs and symptoms of pertussis overlap with those of other respiratory diseases.

24 Oct 2013

HIV risk-reduction counseling at time of HIV testing shows no reduction in STI rates

Brief risk-reduction counseling at the time of a rapid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test was not effective for reducing new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during the subsequent 6 months among persons at risk for HIV, according to a study in the October 23/30 issue of JAMA.

24 Oct 2013

Elderly people at increased risk for getting flu

Flu season lurks around the corner throughout the United States, and gerontologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say the elderly are at increased risk for getting the flu and often have a worse time coping with flu symptoms than do younger people.

24 Oct 2013

Researchers identify potential way to combat TB

Researchers have identified a potential way to manipulate the immune system to improve its ability to fight off tuberculosis.

24 Oct 2013

State-of-the-art HIV vaccine laboratory opens in Cape Town, South Africa

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center tomorrow will celebrate the grand opening of a state-of-the-art HIV vaccine laboratory in Cape Town, South Africa.

24 Oct 2013

HIV testing more effective than brief patient-centered counseling in preventing AIDS

For decades, people seeking an HIV test have been counseled on realistic and achievable steps they could take to avoid infection. But a national study led by Miller School investigators has determined that, given the rapid HIV tests available today, the resources devoted to pre-test counseling would be better spent on universal testing that could detect more HIV cases earlier, and link newly infected people to the treatment that could halt the spread of the virus.

24 Oct 2013

Rethinking the 1930s attack on malaria may help solve modern day malaria outbreaks

A new University of Texas at Arlington study about the elimination of malaria in the 1930s American South may have significant implications for solving modern day malaria outbreaks in parts of Africa, Central and Latin America, and Asia.

24 Oct 2013

New flu vaccine offers better protection against circulating flu viruses

Last year's flu season was considered one of the strongest and deadliest in recent decades, according to the CDC. In preparation for this year's flu season, Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana Inc., offers a flu vaccine to provide greater protection against circulating flu strains.

23 Oct 2013

UHN, Boehringer Ingelheim partner to improve care, education and support for hepatitis C patients

In a move to address a significant unmet need in hepatitis C in Canada, the University Health Network, together with Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd., announced today a multi-year partnership that aims to improve care, education and support for patients with hepatitis C. The program, known as Link-C, aims to improve access to hepatitis C care and treatment in remote areas of Ontario and other parts of Canada.

23 Oct 2013

APPG-GTB members express concern on the growing threat of multi-drug resistant TB

In a Lancet Comment discussing the WHO Global Tuberculosis report 2013 published today [Wednesday 23 October], members of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis and lead author Professor Ali Zumla from University College London sound an alarm as the growing threat of multi-drug resistant TB to regional and global health security becomes more apparent.

23 Oct 2013

WHO report underlines need for quantum leap in TB care and control

Tuberculosis treatment has saved the lives of more than 22 million people, according to the WHO Global tuberculosis report 2013 published today. The report also reveals that the number of people ill with tuberculosis fell in 2012 to 8.6 million, with global TB deaths also decreasing to 1.3 million.

23 Oct 2013

Scientists create artificial protein that mimics key site on the outer coat of HIV

A team of scientists at Duke Medicine and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has created an artificial protein coupled with a sugar molecule that mimics a key site on the outer coat of HIV where antibodies can bind to neutralize a wide variety of HIV strains.

23 Oct 2013

FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy designation to MK-5172/MK-8742 for chronic HCV infection

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted MK-5172/MK-8742 Breakthrough Therapy designation for treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

23 Oct 2013

AHF calls on China to step up commitment on global AIDS, pledge $1 billion to Global Fund

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, is spearheading a series of US and global protests targeting the Government of the People's Republic of China to demand that it step up its commitment on global AIDS and pledge one billion dollars to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.

23 Oct 2013

Sydney researchers plan to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies, dental surgeries

University of Sydney researchers are currently surveying community pharmacists and dentists to gauge their support to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies and dental surgeries, potentially increasing rates of early diagnosis.

22 Oct 2013

Disease/Infection News

Researchers identify obesity as possible risk factor for clostridium difficile infection

Residents of Orange County, California nursing homes carry community-associated MRSA

Merck provides overview of clinical trial program for HPV vaccine V503

Full and early treatment may cure babies with HIV

Common food additive can block new strain of avian influenza virus

Pertussis incidence: an interview with Leonard Friedland, M.D., V.P. and Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Health for GSK Vaccines

HIV risk-reduction counseling at time of HIV testing shows no reduction in STI rates

Elderly people at increased risk for getting flu

Researchers identify potential way to combat TB

State-of-the-art HIV vaccine laboratory opens in Cape Town, South Africa

HIV testing more effective than brief patient-centered counseling in preventing AIDS

Rethinking the 1930s attack on malaria may help solve modern day malaria outbreaks

New flu vaccine offers better protection against circulating flu viruses

UHN, Boehringer Ingelheim partner to improve care, education and support for hepatitis C patients

APPG-GTB members express concern on the growing threat of multi-drug resistant TB

WHO report underlines need for quantum leap in TB care and control

Scientists create artificial protein that mimics key site on the outer coat of HIV

FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy designation to MK-5172/MK-8742 for chronic HCV infection

AHF calls on China to step up commitment on global AIDS, pledge $1 billion to Global Fund

Sydney researchers plan to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies, dental surgeries

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