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Acute flaccid myelitis and sudden muscle paralysis
Investigators call for more accelerated research regarding acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), as the condition is associated with infections that can cause sudden muscle paralysis.
Acute...
Canine Influenza virus: Is your pup spreading diseases?
Ever heard of Canine Influenza virus? Well, according to researchers, results from a 10-year study suggest two strains of influenza could mix to create...
Parents beware: there may be pathogenic germs in ball pits
Investigators from the University of North Georgia, USA, discovered considerable microbial colonisation and pathogenic germs in ball pits – but how much of a...
Personal care products and medicines may become water pollutants
According to Rutgers scientists, medicine and personal care products from human excretion may lead to becoming water pollutants.
When an individual flushes the toilet, they...
Can human pathogens be reduced by dung beetles and soil bacteria?
Published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, research encourages dung beetles and soil bacteria at farms as they could naturally suppress human pathogens.
Food safety...
Learn about the vaccine study confirming sensitivity of cholera vaccination
Recently, the sensitivity of faecal microbiological cultures for detecting cholera has come under question – could a new vaccine study determine sensitivity of cholera...
Understanding human health with genome analysis
Understanding human health has been taken to another level as researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW, Australia, have published a...
Curing HIV: are we a step closer to tackling the disease?
Could carriers of HIV become infection free? Discover how Professor Ravi Gupta of University College London and the University of Cambridge, UK, presented a...
Study warns that disinfectant in hospitals need to be regulated
Published in Nature Microbiology, research suggests that the use of disinfectant in hospitals to clean and control infections should be regulated as resistance may...
The guide to tackling common zoonotic diseases
What do you know about common zoonotic diseases? Such diseases continue to be a threat to global health, but FAO, OIE and WHO may...
Significant link between vaccine resistance and the rise of European populism
According to a study by Queen Mary University of London, there is a substantial association between the increase of European populism and the level...
Discover the EU Council Recommendation for vaccine-preventable diseases
President of Vaccines Europe, Pascale Mauran, explains the EU Council Recommendation on strengthened co-operation against vaccine-preventable diseases.
Mauran considers how far the EU Council Recommendation...
Sexually transmitted infections: WHO release new estimates on congenital syphilis
According to WHO, due to sexually transmitted infections, there was approximately 661,000 total cases of congenital syphilis in 2016 resulting in over 200,000 stillbirths...
Let’s delve into the world of rare diseases and the healthcare ecosystem
Today marks Rare Disease Day and it’s time Europe’s healthcare ecosystem adapts to embrace the potential of gene therapy for rare diseases.
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The secret life of antimicrobial peptides revealed by CRISPR
Despite their importance, we know very little about antimicrobial peptides, but scientists have used CRISPR to unlock details of these peptides to combat infection.
Antimicrobial...
Gram-negative bacterium: toxins that make us sick
According to researchers at Binghamton University, USA, a type of gram-negative bacterium delivers the toxins that make us sick through a specific way of...
Mission possible: accurately diagnosing infectious diseases
Filippo Bosco, CEO and founder of BluSense Diagnostics, offers a glimpse into groundbreaking tech that helps to diagnose infectious diseases in a matter of...
Vaccine adjuvants – an essential constituent in modern vaccines!
The Vaccine Adjuvant Research team at Statens Serum Institut has the mission of developing novel vaccine adjuvants.
Vaccines are by far the most successful medical...
Higher rates of miscarriage could be caused by oral antifungal drug
Published in CMAJ, new research has found that oral antifungal drug used to treat yeast infections is linked to higher rates of miscarriage.
A commonly...
Human papilloma virus: shaming women could put off cancer screening
The social stigmas and myths surrounding the human papilloma virus (HPV) could make women anxious, and potentially deter them from getting cervical screening.
According to...