Five new confirmed microcephaly cases in Colombia may be harbingers of epidemic
Just when it seemed that missing cases of microcephaly in Colombia were straining the credibility...
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Infectious Disease
Researchers Discover the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic Originated in Mexico
The 2009 swine H1N1 flu pandemic — responsible for more than 17,000 deaths worldwide — originated...
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Some viruses could survive on children’s toys for hours and cause infection, study finds
Certain viruses, such as influenza, could survive on children’s toys long enough to result...
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Teaching an Old Drug New Tricks to Fight Cytomegalovirus
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that an old drug once mostly used to treat amebiasis and...
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Don’t Build That Wall, At Least Not in Medicine
While certain politicians pontificate about building a wall to separate the US from surrounding...
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The Number of New HIV Diagnoses
Today, AIDSVu announced its annual launch of new, interactive online maps visualizing the impact...
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Abortion Rates Skyrocket in Countries With Zika
Increases in abortion on-demand requests ranged from 36% to 108% in countries with...
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In doctors we trust — especially when they admit to bias
Disclosure of bias should decrease the weight that patients put on their physicians’...
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Researchers discover how West Nile virus triggers memory loss
Half of patients who survive the most damaging kind of West Nile infection often go on to develop...
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Childhood antibiotic treatments reduce diversity and stability of intestinal microbiota
The DIABIMMUNE project followed the development of 39 Finnish infants from birth to the age of...
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Pilot study successfully uses DNA sequencing to diagnose brain infections
In a proof-of-principle study, a team of physicians and bioinformatics experts reports they were...
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More gay men than ever getting tested for HIV
But one in four still never had a test. More gay and bisexual men than ever are getting tested for...
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Study: Mandatory treatment not effective at reducing drug use, violates human rights
A study in BMJ assessed current global evidence and found that mandatory treatment for people with...
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UMMS scientists use CRISPR to discover Zika and dengue weaknesses
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have performed the first...
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Experimental Genital Herpes Drug Shows Promise
The drug, called GEN-003, may reduce both virus activity and the number of days with recurrent...
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New Data Shows Potent in vitro Activity of VIBATIV(R) (telavancin) Against Difficult-to-Treat Clinical Pathogens, Including MRSA
Greater in vitro Potency for VIBATIV Compared to Other Well-Known Antibiotics Such as Vancomycin,...
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Zika Cases in the United States to Date
In the last week, 19 states reported new Zika virus cases to the CDC, bringing to total number of...
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Study underscores ongoing need for HIV safety net program
A new study of insurance coverage of people with HIV concludes that a decades-old program that...
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Vancomycin Trough Target May Be Lower for Teens
Css,min ranging from 10 to 12.5 mg/L highly predictive of achieving an AUC0 to 24/MIC ≥400
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Legions of immune cells in the lung keep Legionella at bay
A team of specialist researchers believe they have found a major response that helps keep the...
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