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Antibiotics not worth risk in most chest colds: study
• Infections • • Respiratory Problems • Mar 22 13
Doctors need to give antibiotics to more than 12,000 people with acute respiratory infections to prevent just one of them from being hospitalized with…
‘Evolutionary glitch’ possible cause of childhood ear infections
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • Mar 21 13
Researchers at King’s College London have uncovered how the human ear is formed, giving clues as to why children are susceptible to infections such…
Sex between monogamous heterosexuals rarely source of hepatitis C infection
• Infections • • Sexual Health • Mar 19 13
Individuals infected by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have nothing to fear from sex in a monogamous, heterosexual relationship. Transmission of HCV from an…
Newly incarcerated have 1 percent acute hepatitis C prevalence
• Infections • • Public Health • Mar 19 13
A study published in the March issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, estimates that the…
Even moderate drinking may be risky with hepatitis C
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 18 13
For people with the chronic liver infection hepatitis C, heavy drinking is an obvious no-no, but a new study links even modest alcohol consumption…
Drug-resistant MRSA bacteria - here to stay in both hospital and community (PLoS Pathogens)
• Infections • Mar 17 13
The drug-resistant bacteria known as MRSA, once confined to hospitals but now widespread in communities, will likely continue to exist in both settings as…
New research paper says we are still at risk of the plague
• Infections • Mar 17 13
Today archaeologists unearthed a ‘Black Death’ grave in London, containing more than a dozen skeletons of people suspected to have died from the plague.…
Researchers advance fight against leading infectious cause of congenital birth defects
• Childbirth • • Infections • Mar 14 13
A virus most people probably have never heard of, but that the majority of us carry, is the No. 1 infectious cause of congenital…
Pet frogs linked to salmonella outbreak in kids: CDC
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Mar 12 13
Small water frogs marketed and sold as pets are linked to an outbreak of Salmonella infections from 2008 to 2011, according to a report…
Pesticide application as potential source of noroviruses in fresh food supply chains
• Bowel Problems • • Infections • Mar 12 13
Human norovirus (hNoV), also known as the winter vomiting bug, is one of the most common stomach bugs in the world. The virus is…
Patients with diabetes at no greater risk for infection
• Diabetes • • Infections • Feb 27 13
Patients with diabetes were no more likely to suffer infection, deep vein thrombosis (a deep vein blood clot) or other complications following total knee…
Persistent strain of TB claims victims on L.A.‘s skid row
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Feb 24 13
Public health officials have launched a new, coordinated attack to contain a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis on downtown Los Angeles’ skid row, including a…
Study reveals new clues to Epstein-Barr virus
• Infections • Feb 24 13
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) affects more than 90 percent of the population worldwide and was the first human virus found to be associated with cancer.…
Influenza study: Meet virus’ new enemy
• Flu • • Infections • Feb 22 13
Simon Fraser University virologist Masahiro Niikura and his doctoral student Nicole Bance are among an international group of scientists that has discovered a new…
U.S. deserves top mad-cow rating, health officials say
• Infections • • Public Health • Feb 21 13
The United States is expected to get the top safety rating for mad cow disease in spring, under a recommendation from international livestock health…
A solution to sinusitis from the sea
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • Feb 19 13
A team of scientists and surgeons from Newcastle are developing a new nasal spray from a marine microbe to help clear chronic sinusitis.
They…
International space station plays host to innovative infectious disease research
• Infections • • Public Health • Feb 19 13
Performing sensitive biological experiments is always a delicate affair. Few researchers, however, contend with the challenges faced by Cheryl Nickerson, whose working laboratory aboard…
New SARS-like virus infects British patient in tenth case globally
• Infections • • Public Health • Feb 12 13
A new virus from the same family as SARS that sparked a global alert last September has been found in another patient in Britain,…
Zinc helps against infection by tapping brakes in immune response
• Immunology • • Infections • Feb 08 13
New research suggests that zinc helps control infections by gently tapping the brakes on the immune response in a way that prevents out-of-control inflammation…
Spread of hepatitis C pinpointed
• Infections • Feb 03 13
Scientists say they have, for the first time, worked out the pattern of spread of hepatitis C, showing early diagnosis is key to preventing…
UNC study may lead to treatments that are effective against all MRSA strains
• Infections • Feb 01 13
In the last decade, a new strain of MRSA has emerged that can spread beyond hospital walls, putting everyone at risk of contracting the…
Discovery of sexual mating in Candida albicans could provide insights into infections
• Infections • Jan 31 13
Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans, a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual…
A safer way to vaccinate
• Immunology • • Infections • Jan 28 13
Vaccines usually consist of inactivated viruses that prompt the immune system to remember the invader and launch a strong defense if it later encounters…
Vaccinating children against rotavirus may indirectly protect adults too, study finds
• Children's Health • • Infections • Jan 24 13
Pediatric rotavirus vaccination also indirectly protects unvaccinated adults from the highly contagious cause of severe diarrhea and vomiting, suggests a new study published in…
Scientists Identify New Strategy to Fight Deadly Infection in Cystic Fibrosis
• Immunology • • Infections • Jan 24 13
New research suggests that lowering excessive levels of a protein in immune system cells could be a strategy to clear an infection that is…