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Tuberculosis researchers find link between vaccine efficacy, environmental pathogens

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease of the lungs that’s been with humanity for centuries and affects a quarter of the world’s population. The stubborn disease killed over a million and a half people in 2021, mostly in...

20 January, 2023

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Are we doing enough to prevent future pandemics?

Damage to our climate, shifting patterns of animal and human interaction, urbanization, the creep of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and increased international trade and travel are all creating more opportunities for...

24 May, 2022

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New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics

In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease models that consider the full...

21 May, 2021

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Infectious disease research ‘alarmingly low’

Leading pharmaceutical companies are neglecting to address many other infectious diseases that pose a pandemic risk, amid a surge in research into COVID-19, a report has found. In the 20 drugs companies scrutinised by...

29 January, 2021

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Prepare now for winter COVID-19 peak, warn infectious disease experts

The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter, says a new Academy of Medical Sciences report. The report, which draws on expertise from multiple Imperial researchers including...

27 August, 2020

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Measles killing more people than Ebola in Congo, Doctors Without Borders says

Measles has killed 2,758 people in Congo since January, more than the Ebola epidemic in a year, medical NGO Doctors Without Borders said, and called for a “massive mobilization of funds.” The disease, preventable with a...

19 August, 2019

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The CDC is stepping up in the global fight against infectious diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, is increasingly focused on health concerns outside the United States as the world becomes more interconnected. And its international mission goes well...

16 November, 2016

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The illegal wildlife trade and infectious disease: The deadly risk to humans

Although climate change is often in the headlines, the potential for consequential shifts in infectious diseases that could result receives scant attention. As plants, animals and microbes continuously adjust to...

17 October, 2016

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Study finds mobile phone data can help predict seasonal infectious diseases

Mobile phone data could help predict how seasonal infectious diseases are spread and help policymakers make decisions about interventions, researchers from Princeton University, Harvard University and other institutions...

31 August, 2015

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Infectious disease predictions for 2015 — Are we making progress?

At the start of the year, Dr John Bartlett made nine predictions for the field of infectious diseases in 2015, ranging from Ebola to epidemics. Although we are only at the halfway point, many new developments have...

28 July, 2015

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