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Scientists develop breakthrough method to identify infectious variants

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to rapidly identify infectious and vaccine-resistant variants of viruses and bacteria, including those causing influenza, COVID-19, whooping cough, and tuberculosis...

2 January, 2025

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The enduring legacy of a forgotten killer and its modern-day threat

As mpox cases spread across Europe, experts suggest this rise may be linked to declining immunity against its far more lethal relative, smallpox. In 1970, doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo encountered a case...

3 October, 2024

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Mpox: African scientists at the forefront of a global health crisis

For decades, mpox, a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus, has posed a persistent public health challenge in parts of Central and West Africa, where it is endemic. Despite its impact, the disease remained...

2 October, 2024

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Survey highlights growing threat of mosquito-borne diseases amid climate change

A recent survey commissioned by the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition reveals that 61% of infectious disease professionals believe mosquito-borne pathogens pose the greatest threat as climate change intensifies. This...

26 September, 2024

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Study highlights sex differences in notified infectious disease cases across Europe

A study published in Eurosurveillance analysing 5.5 million cases of infectious diseases in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) over 10 years has found important differences in the relative proportion of...

19 August, 2024

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The world needs a staph vaccine—new research could bring it a step closer

In the spring of 2011, pharmaceutical giant Merck and its collaborators learned that a data monitoring committee was calling for a halt of their phase 3 clinical trial. The vaccine candidate they had built against...

6 August, 2024

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AI is leveling up the fight against infectious diseases

Artificial intelligence is a new addition to the infectious disease researcher’s toolbox. Yet in merely half a decade, AI has accelerated progress on some of the most urgent issues in medical science and public health...

1 August, 2023

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Equatorial Guinea: 10 deaths from Marburg virus

A new provisional death toll from the Marburg virus outbreak that has been raging for more than two months in Equatorial Guinea has reached 10 confirmed deaths, the health ministry said Monday. “It said it had no...

5 April, 2023

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Poverty and infectious disease come together far too often — the solution could be data-driven

Infectious diseases are a problem everywhere — but more so in the world’s poorer countries. Every year, malaria, HIV and tuberculosis (TB) kill over 2.8 million people, and more than 1.7 billion people require treatment...

4 April, 2023

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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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