Telemedicine and peer support show promise in treating hepatitis C in rural areas
New research reveals a dramatic improvement in diagnosing and curing people living with hepatitis C in rural communities using both ...
Tag: Infectious Diseases
Study links gut bacteria infection to Alzheimer's disease progression
A groundbreaking study by researchers at Florida State University's Gut Biome Lab has revealed a potential link between an infection ...
New consortium launched to combat Mpox outbreak in Africa
University College Dublin (UCD) is leading MpoxVax AFRIVAC, a new €1.3 million international consortium that aims to rapidly deploy technology ...
Women who inject drugs are vulnerable to endocarditis, study shows
People who inject drugs are dying at an alarming rate from endocarditis, a serious but treatable heart-valve infection. But their ...
Study highlights benefits and risks of doxy-PEP for STI prevention
Taking a dose of the oral antibiotic doxycycline after a high-risk sexual encounter has dramatically reduced the incidence of sexually ...
NIH funds new research to combat emerging viruses
Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $14 million per year grant from the National Institute of Allergy ...
New research network focuses on high-priority viruses
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has established a pandemic preparedness research network to conduct research on high-priority pathogens most ...
Researchers find no evidence of monkeypox infection in pets, despite presence of viral DNA
Despite detecting mpox virus DNA on dogs and cats in infected households, researchers conclude the viral traces are likely from ...
Chinese farmed fur animals found to harbor dozens of novel viruses
Hidden reservoirs: Mink, raccoon dogs, and other fur animals may be breeding grounds for the next pandemic, with newly discovered ...
Artificial lymphoid organ-chips created to predict vaccine responses in humans
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France have developed artificial "lymphoid organ-chips" that recreate much of the human immune system's ...
