Ultra-long acting pill releases daily doses of medicine for a month
Imagine swallowing a pill today that continues releasing the daily dose of a medicine you need for...
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Infectious Disease
Flu vaccine’s effectiveness can be improved, new findings suggest
A team of engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin is reporting new findings...
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NIH scientists identify potent antibody that neutralizes nearly all HIV strains
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected...
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Are parents willing to have their children receive placebos?
Placebos are essential in any controlled clinical trial, providing a yardstick against which the...
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President-Elect Trump & What Lies Ahead for the U.S. Healthcare System
Following the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, Physician’s Weekly Managing...
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Antibody VRC01 Safe, Only Modest Effect in Controlling HIV Without Antiretroviral Therapy
Infusions of an anti-HIV antibody known as VRC01 were shown to be safe and maintained intended...
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HIV test performed on USB stick
A new device uses a drop of blood to detect HIV, and then creates an electrical signal that can be...
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Trump & The Unlacing of the Affordable Care Act
Harvard analysts ponder changes across the American and global landscapes. After a grueling...
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Always-Deadly Measles Complication More Common Than Believed
A complication of measles that kills children years after they have the infection is more common...
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More than 3 million children under 5 years old will die from infectious diseases next year
The “Small Steps for Big Change” report, commissioned by The Global Hygiene Council...
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For smokers with HIV, smoking may now be more harmful than HIV itself
Among people living with HIV who smoke cigarettes, smoking may now shorten their lifespan more...
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What are the most frequent infections telavancin is being used for?
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.today announced the presentation of interim data from the Company’s...
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WHO updates SSI prevention guidelines
The World Health Organization released a list Thursday of 29 concrete recommendations to prevent...
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Electronic health records can help select candidates for HIV PrEP
A machine learning algorithm used to analyse EHRs identified high-risk individuals who could...
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A tube misconnection and a death: a medical whodunit
Here’s what we know. In September 2016, a 72-year-old former member of the Australian...
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5 Steps to Maintaining an Online Reputation
The author of this article is Manish Kumar Chauhan, a digital marketing manager at...
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New Drug For Multi-Drug Resistant HIV
A new biologic medication – the first for HIV – is showing promise in treating patients with...
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Nurses’ Scrubs Often Contaminated
Bad bugs readily spread from patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) to nurses’ scrubs and the...
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New Hospital Safety Grades Released
States that are shown in a darker green have a higher percentage of “A” hospitals....
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Conference Highlights: IDWeek 2016
New research was presented at IDWeek 2016, the combined annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases...
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