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Impact of ultraviolet disinfection on nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases

A new review article determines the role of UV disinfection for nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

22 Nov 2021

New art exhibition raises awareness of antimicrobial resistance

The UK Mission partnered with the Swedish Mission in Geneva to unveil a new art exhibition entitled 'The Silent Pandemic: No Time To Wait' to mark the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week today. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest public health threats facing the world.

17 Nov 2021

Researchers identify new group of antibacterial molecules

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University, and the University of Bonn have identified a new group of molecules that have an antibacterial effect against many antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

17 Nov 2021

Mycobacterium tuberculosis may induce resistance to secondary SARS-CoV-2 infection

The current study reveals that mice infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis are resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

14 Nov 2021

ACTG announces launch of clinical trial evaluating a three-month TB treatment

The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the largest global HIV research network, today announced the launch of A5362 (CLO-FAST), a clinical trial studying a three-month clofazimine- and high-dose rifapentine-containing treatment regimen for people with drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB).

10 Nov 2021

Labs with no one to run them: Why public health workers are fleeing the field

There were days, nights and weekends in the early months of the pandemic when Denise Von Bargen was the only person running covid tests at the public health lab in Ventura County. She once had eight or nine employees to assist her, but, one by one, they had all retired or left for other jobs.

2 Nov 2021

Areas with higher 1968 influenza pandemic mortality have lower COVID-19 deaths

A new study demonstrates the influence of prior infectious outbreaks in a large population on succeeding pandemic outcomes.

31 Oct 2021

'Theta activity' in the brain found to be divergent for people with mental health conditions

A new review of current literature, conducted by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London, has found that irregular responses in the brain to challenging tasks and mistakes could be key to understanding common links between abnormal behaviors in a range of mental illness and cognitive disorders.

28 Oct 2021

Investigational inhaled COVID-19 treatment graduates to phase 3 in ACTIV-2 trial

The AIDS Clinical Trials Group, the largest global HIV research network, which recently expanded its focus to include evaluating outpatient treatment for COVID-19, today announced that the external data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) has recommended that SNG001, an inhaled formulation of interferon beta, advance to phase 3 in the ACTIV-2 Outpatient Monoclonal Antibodies and Other Therapies Trial (ACTG A5401).

21 Oct 2021

New shorter treatment regimen found to be safer, more effective at treating drug-resistant TB

A new all-oral six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) than the current accepted standard of care, according to results announced at the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health.

20 Oct 2021

Implementation of WHO's recommended public health policies has been slow globally, says study

Karolinska Institute Implementation of WHO's recommended public health policies on alcohol, unhealthy foods and tobacco has been slow globally, according to a study led by researchers at Karolinska Institute and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, published in the journal The Lancet Global Health.

20 Oct 2021

Researchers identify the genetic changes responsible for drug resistance in tuberculosis

Using cutting-edge genomic sequencing techniques, researchers at the University of Oxford have identified almost all the genomic variation that gives people resistance to 13 of the most common tuberculosis (TB) drug treatments.

19 Oct 2021

Research reveals how daily circadian rhythms help to change heart function

A new study has shown how circadian rhythms in heart cells help to change heart function over the course of the day and may explain why shift workers are more vulnerable to heart problems.

18 Oct 2021

Mapping proteo-genomic connections between different human diseases

Hundreds of connections between different human diseases have been uncovered through their shared origin in our genome by an international research team led by scientists from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, challenging the categorization of diseases by organ, symptoms, or clinical specialty.

15 Oct 2021

Global progress in tackling tuberculosis has been reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization's 2021 Global TB report.

15 Oct 2021

Single-genome sequencing reveals malaria parasite genetics and evolution

Understanding how malaria parasites evolve after a human is bitten by an infected mosquito is very difficult. There can be billions of individual parasites in a patient's bloodstream and traditional genetic sequencing techniques can't identify the raw material for evolution: new mutations.

12 Oct 2021

Tuberculosis News and Research

Latest Tuberculosis News and Research

Impact of ultraviolet disinfection on nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases

New art exhibition raises awareness of antimicrobial resistance

Researchers identify new group of antibacterial molecules

Mycobacterium tuberculosis may induce resistance to secondary SARS-CoV-2 infection

ACTG announces launch of clinical trial evaluating a three-month TB treatment

Labs with no one to run them: Why public health workers are fleeing the field

Areas with higher 1968 influenza pandemic mortality have lower COVID-19 deaths

'Theta activity' in the brain found to be divergent for people with mental health conditions

Investigational inhaled COVID-19 treatment graduates to phase 3 in ACTIV-2 trial

New shorter treatment regimen found to be safer, more effective at treating drug-resistant TB

Implementation of WHO's recommended public health policies has been slow globally, says study

Researchers identify the genetic changes responsible for drug resistance in tuberculosis

Research reveals how daily circadian rhythms help to change heart function

Mapping proteo-genomic connections between different human diseases

Global progress in tackling tuberculosis has been reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Single-genome sequencing reveals malaria parasite genetics and evolution

Scientists move a step closer to harnessing viruses to fight antibiotic resistance

WHO recommends widespread use of malaria vaccine for children living in regions at risk

Critical function of IL-7 in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of COVID-19 patients

New low-cost ventilator could address the shortage of ventilators in developing countries

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Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

Empowering genomics research with cloud-based innovation

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