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Study discovers RX approach that reduces herpes virus infection
• Infections • Dec 04 14
A multi-institutional study reports an effective treatment approach to inhibit and keep latent viruses like herpes simplex from reactivating and causing disease. The work,…
Improved mouse model will accelerate research on potential Ebola vaccines, treatments
• Drug News • • Infections • Nov 02 14
In the war against Ebola one important hurdle has just been cleared – by a mouse.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at…
Ebola virus: update on research in France
• Infections • Oct 24 14
With the current situation of the Ebola epidemic, it quickly became necessary for French research to be mobilised rapidly.
In August 2014, the…
Ebola’s evolutionary roots more ancient than previously thought, study finds
• Infections • Oct 24 14
A new study is helping to rewrite Ebola’s family history.
The research shows that filoviruses - a family to which Ebola and its similarly…
Fish tale: new study evaluates antibiotic content in farm-raised fish
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Oct 21 14
Antibiotics - one of modernity’s great success stories - are charms that come with a curse. Their overuse in human and animal populations can…
Fresh milk keeps infections at bay
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Oct 20 14
A study by LMU researchers shows that infants fed on fresh rather than UHT cow’s milk are less prone to infection. The authors recommend…
Universal screening for MRSA may be too costly
• Infections • Oct 08 14
Numerous experts and policy makers have called for hospitals to screen patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and isolate anyone testing positive to…
Bristol-Myers pulls U.S. marketing application for hepatitis C treatment
• Drug News • • Infections • Oct 07 14
Bristol-Myers Squibb said it withdrew its U.S. marketing application for an oral drug combination to treat hepatitis C, citing a “rapidly evolving” treatment landscape…
Ebola lawsuits would face high hurdles in Texas
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 07 14
Potential suits against the Dallas, Texas hospital that sent home a patient later diagnosed with Ebola face long odds in the face of state…
More cases of Ebola spreading in Europe ‘unavoidable’, WHO says
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 07 14
More cases of the deadly Ebola virus will almost inevitably spread in Europe but the continent is well prepared to control the disease,…
Four hospitalized in Spain after first Ebola transmission outside Africa
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 07 14
Four people have been hospitalized in Spain to try to stem the spread of Ebola after a Spanish nurse became the first person in…
Spanish nurse becomes first to contract Ebola outside West Africa
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 06 14
A Spanish nurse has become the first person to contract Ebola outside of Africa, casting doubt over measures taken in Spain to control the…
Viral Infection May Trigger Childhood Diabetes in Utero
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Infections • Oct 05 14
The incidence of type 1 childhood diabetes has been increasing rapidly worldwide. If blood sugar levels aren’t well-controlled, juvenile diabetes can affect nearly every…
Genetic ‘instruction set’ for antibodies knocks down hepatitis C in mice
• Infections • Sep 26 14
A triple-punch of antibodies both prevented hepatitis C infection and wiped out the disease after it had established itself in laboratory mice, according to…
New Ebola clinics useless without more trained staff
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 21 14
A shortage of volunteers to staff the new Ebola clinics and hospitals the international community is building in West Africa threatens efforts to bring…
New defence mechanism against viruses discovered
• Infections • Sep 11 14
Researchers have discovered that a known quality control mechanism in human, animal and plant cells is active against viruses. They think it might represent…
New smartphone app can detect newborn jaundice in minutes
• Children's Health • • Infections • Aug 27 14
Newborn jaundice: It’s one of the last things a parent wants to deal with, but it’s unfortunately a common condition in babies less than…
Sierra Leone ‘hero’ doctor’s death exposes slow Ebola response
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 25 14
When two American aid workers recovered from Ebola after being treated with an experimental drug, the grieving family of Sierra Leone’s most famous doctor…
Nigeria confirms 2 new Ebola cases
• Infections • • Public Health • Aug 22 14
Two new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria and, in an alarming development, they are outside the group of caregivers who treated an…
Fungus deadly to AIDS patients found to grow on trees
• AIDS/HIV • • Infections • Aug 21 14
Researchers have pinpointed the environmental source of fungal infections that have been sickening HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California for decades. It literally grows on…
Hepatitis C cured in co-infected HIV patients
• AIDS/HIV • • Infections • Jul 20 14
A multicenter team of researchers report that in a phase III clinical trial, a combination drug therapy cures chronic hepatitis C in the majority…
Foodborne bacteria can cause disease in some breeds of chickens after all
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Jul 01 14
Contrary to popular belief, the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni is not a harmless commensal in chickens but can cause disease in some breeds of…
New infections cause dormant viruses to reactivate
• Infections • Jun 27 14
The famous slogan is “A diamond is forever,” but that phrase might be better suited to herpes: Unlike most viruses, which succumb to the…
Virus infection supports organ acceptance
• Infections • Jun 26 14
Chronic hepatitis C virus infections are among the most common reasons for liver transplants. Because existing viruses also infect the new liver, the immune…
New research finds that cell phones reflect our personal microbiome
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 25 14
Smartphones are everywhere, and they may be smarter than you think. Our cell phones actually reflect the personal microbial world of their owners, with…