In order to improve the understanding of common infectious diseases in India, Clinical Infectious Diseases Society (CIDS) in association with Infectious Diseases Training & Research Centre, Christian Medical College...
A new vaccine being rolled out in the “meningitis belt” that stretches across north-central Africa has reduced cases of the potentially fatal disease by 94 per cent, doctors reported in The Lancet. Researchers monitored...
At a time when scientists are quickly running out of options, McMaster researchers are using a new approach to fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The technique involves researchers in the Michael G. DeGroote...
Vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine-7 [PCV7—a vaccine that covers 7 strains (serotypes) of Streptococcus pneumoniae] is linked to overall decreases in the rate of serious infections caused by this...
For the first time, the government is estimating how many people die from drug-resistant bacteria each year — more than 23,000, or about as many as those killed annually by flu. The Centers for Disease Control and...
The National Human Genome Research Institute has selected the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics to establish a “Center of Excellence” to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of...
Researchers have designed a synthetic molecule that tricks the AIDS virus into destroying itself. The compound, called DAVEI, was developed by researchers at Philadelphia’s Drexel University and causes the deadly...
The Pentagon is seeking new research on how to stop Ebola virus and a series of diseases and biological agents that “pose a material threat sufficient to affect the United States’ national security,” a...
About 2.1 million children below the age of five are to be immunised against polio in a new mass campaign in 36 ‘high risk’ districts. The ‘door-to-door’ immunisation campaign worth sh8.8b is funded by the Government...
A new gonorrhea treatment, based on an anti-cancer therapy developed by a Buffalo startup company, has successfully eliminated gonococcal infection from female mice and prevented reinfection, according to research...