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Genetics Makes Asians and Europeans Susceptible to Severe Dengue

Prevention is Better Than Cure: Targeted Vaccination to Halt Epidemics

Children's Learning Not Affected by Repeated Sick Days With Fever and Infections

Use of PICCs is Common and Risky, Study Shows

Study Finds Racial Differences in Cure Rates for Hepatitis C

PHAT Life Trial is Effective HIV Intervention for Youth in the Criminal Justice System

Promising Treatment for Ebola Virus to be Tested at Texas Biomed

Brain Cysts Caused by Pork Tapeworm are Common Cause of Seizures

Scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio have been awarded a $2 million dollar contract by the makers of ZMapp to further test this promising new therapeutic.

Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes Gain From Shrinkage of Green Spaces

Tracking Dormant Malaria

Scientists Gain New Insight on How Antibodies Interact With Widespread Respiratory Virus

Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Linked to Chicken Salad

Learning From Insects: Ants Perform Risk-Averse Sanitary Care of Infectious Nest Mates

Researchers Creating App to Track, Analyze Dangerous Chronic Wounds

Bacteria Produce More Substances Than Previously Assumed

New Settlements of Aedes aegypti Raising Concerns for Continental European Union

Zika Virus Could Help Combat Brain Cancer

AMA and FDA Team Up to Help Physicians Combat Spread of Foodborne Illness

CDC Flu Update: Flu-Related Pediatric Deaths Climb to 84

Past Encounters With the Flu Shape Vaccine Response

TB Vaccine Trial Results Offer Potential for BCG Revaccination, Hope for Subunit Vaccines

New research on why the influenza vaccine was only modestly effective in recent years shows that immune history with the flu influences a person's response to the vaccine.

Europe Sees a Four-fold Increase in Measles Cases in 2017 Compared to Previous Year

\Nonprofit organization Aeras announced results from an innovative clinical trial that provides encouraging new evidence that TB vaccines could prevent sustained infections in high-risk adolescents.

Typhoid Outbreak: Genetic Cause of Extensive Drug Resistance Found

Measles has rebounded in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region.

Infection Site Affects How a Virus Spreads Through the Body

The genetic cause behind a strain of typhoid's resistance to five classes of antibiotics has been uncovered by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators at Public Health England and Aga Khan University, Pakistan.

Researchers Compare Governance Approaches for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance

A new study by scientists at the Gladstone Institutes shows that infection sites could affect the immune system's response to a virus and the way the virus spreads through the body.

New Safety Data for the Most Commonly Used Drug to Treat Chagas Disease

A review by Birgand, et al. (2018) provides an analysis of governance approaches within healthcare systems including: priority setting, performance monitoring and accountability for AMR prevention in three European countries: England, France and Germany.

AI to Fight the Spread of Infectious Diseases

Scientists Find New Antimalarial Drug Targets

A team of USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers has created an algorithm that can help policymakers reduce the overall spread of disease.

Phages Eliminate Yersinia From Food

Researchers have discovered crucial new processes that allow malaria parasites to escape red blood cells and infect other cells, offering potential new treatment targets.