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C difficile infection: The search for new Clostridioides difficile vaccine
University of Exeter researchers have made a breakthrough in the quest for a new vaccine for killer hospital bug Clostridioides difficile (C difficile infection).
The...
Infectious disease physicians cut death rates by 20%
New research shows that the death rate can be reduced by 20% if infectious disease specialists oversee care of patients with infections.
The findings, from...
Rolling out the early warning system for dengue fever symptoms
Earth Observation-based early warning system is rolling out from Vietnam to six more South-East Asian countries – could this help spot dengue fever symptoms?
HR...
Annual HIV data shows a continued decline since 2000
Published by Public Health England, Annual HIV data shows new HIV diagnoses in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since 2000.
New HIV...
Let’s bear WITNESS to the ground-breaking Philippines TB modelling
One million people in the Philippines have active TB, a figure which is reportedly on the rise – could the WITNESS project use TB...
Tackling the spread of infectious diseases through vaccinology training in Seoul
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) is set to help developing countries tackle the spread of infectious diseases by building capacity through vaccinology training in...
Breakthrough monkey malaria study offers cure for relapsing malaria
A breakthrough in monkey malaria research by University of Otago, New Zealand, could help scientists diagnose and treat a form of relapsing malaria.
Published in...
Did you know taking oral steroids can put patients with inflammatory disease at risk...
Patients using oral steroids that have the inflammatory disease polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis have a significantly increased chance of infection.
A study in...
Nitrate pollution of US tap water could cause 12,500 cancer cases each year
Revolutionary peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Research analyses health and economic impacts of nitrate pollution in US tap water – could this be the...
Push to develop world’s first vaccine against the deadly Strep A bacteria
The British biomedical research foundation, the Wellcome Trust, has granted $2.25 million (~€2.1 Million) to IVI & MCRI to coordinate efforts to develop world’s...
Aggregating amyloid proteins play a key part in Alzheimer’s disease
Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet have discovered that viruses can bind a special class of proteins called amyloid proteins that play a part in...
Could we be one step closer to global Strep A vaccine?
The search for a global Strep A vaccine has narrowed after researchers sequenced the DNA of more than 2,000 Group A Streptococcus samples from...
Old bedsheets could have traces of bacteroidales – which is linked to pneumonia and...
The bacteria, bacteroidales, which is linked to pneumonia and gonorrhoea has been found in month-old bedsheets according to Time4Sleep research.
Discovered in new research conducted...
Measles resurgence is occurring and getting more difficult to prevent with current vaccination policy
According to a study published in BMC Medicine, across the globe, vaccination policy currently may not be sufficient enough to avert measles resurgence.
Current vaccination...
Universal health coverage – Smarter research & development to tackle global health priorities
WHO’s new Science Division launched an online resource to guide the development of Universal health coverage to further help combat global health priorities.
An essential...
Time to look for therapeutic targets in sepsis
Sepsis is a medical condition that few patients have heard of and most doctors dread – But could scientists bring about new therapeutic targets...
Discover how millions has been donated to accelerate malaria elimination efforts
Tableau, Mapbox, Exasol, and Alteryx commit $4.3 million (~€3.9 million) to accelerate malaria elimination efforts for more than 60 million people.
Paris, France, 25 April...
Could dengue mosquito be the biggest threat to spreading Zika virus in Queensland?
Researchers at QUT and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have discovered that dengue mosquito fever poses the greatest danger of spreading the Zika virus...
Did you know that face-to-face HIV testing methods are preferred?
Published in Plos Medicine, a new study find that face-to-face HIV testing is the preferred option by men who have sex with men.
The research...
Explore the first European framework contracts for influenza pandemic
Seqirus, a global leader in influenza prevention, has announced that it is to supply influenza pandemic vaccines as part of the response to a...