AACC 2016: New Blood Test Could Help Prevent Organ Transplant Rejection
In a first-of-its-kind prospective multicenter trial, researchers monitored graft-derived...
Read More
Infectious Disease
Does early ART reduce HIV DNA set point?
A team of researchers, led by Drs. Merlin Robb and Jintanat Ananworanich of the U.S. Military HIV...
Read More
Are Blood Infections Really More Likely to Kill Women?
Clinicians around the world have long suspected that bacteraemia due to Staphylococcus aureus has...
Read More
A new, epidemic strain of C. difficile is proving alarmingly deadly – here’s why
New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine not only explains why but also...
Read More
Gas Mix-Up Causes Newborn Death
In mid-July, a baby born by cesarean section died about one hour later due to the administration...
Read More
Shocker: Hospitalists’ “Unprofessional” Behavior Is Normal
By their own admission, medical hospitalists are guilty of many types of unprofessional behavior,...
Read More
Conference Highlights: AIDS 2016
New research was presented at AIDS 2016, the International AIDS Conference, from July 18 to 22 in...
Read More
We Need to Stand United on Herd Immunity
We should hold those responsible for spreading false medical information accountable for their...
Read More
Malaria drug may help in cancer fight, early research finds
An off-patent malaria drug could help to destroy cancer cells by making them more susceptible to...
Read More
Scientists find new antibiotic in the human nose
Scientists have discovered a bacteria living inside the human nose that produces an antibiotic...
Read More
Chlorhexidine Dressing Reduces Incidence of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections
he application of chlorhexidine dressings may reduce the incidence of definite or probable...
Read More
Biotech Firm Develops First Urine Test for Malaria
A Nigerian biotechnology firm has come up with a new simple method for diagnosing malaria. This...
Read More
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Major Study on Global Burden of HIV Released
Here are the highlights from a study just published in The Lancet HIV, which provide national...
Read More
Vaccine strategy induces antibodies that can target multiple influenza viruses
Scientists have identified three types of vaccine-induced antibodies that can neutralize diverse...
Read More
Top 6 Factors Critical to Predicting Pneumonia in Older Adults
Data commonly available in EMRs can stratify older adults into groups with varying subsequent...
Read More
Vaccine to prevent meningitis added to school requirements
For the first time in 10 years, a new vaccine has been added to the requirements for Missouri...
Read More
ACIP votes down use of LAIV for 2016-2017 flu season
CDC has recommended an annual influenza vaccination for everyone ages 6 months and older since...
Read More
ASM Microbe 2016: Conference Highlights
Highlights from ASM Microbe 2016 include PrEP use and racial disparities, new bacteria causing...
Read More
Researchers map Zika’s routes to the developing fetus
The study of human tissue in the laboratory found that an older generation antibiotic called...
Read More
Alzheimer’s disease in HIV-positive patient
The first case of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed in an HIV-positive individual will be...
Read More