Infectious Emerging Diseases

What The Study Did: Researchers reviewed access to COVID-19 vaccination sites in Brooklyn, the most populated borough in New York, to better understand disparities in vaccination. Authors: Natasha Williams, Ed.D., M.P.H., of the New…

Recent advancements allow for novel approaches against an old enemy Scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and Naval Medical Research Center partnered with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Acuitas…

Team at UTMB publishes findings in Microorganisms Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have observed that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect the testes of infected hamsters. The findings, published in…

MADISON - In early January 2021, travelers returning to Tokyo, Japan, from Amazonas, Brazil, were screened for COVID-19 at the airport. A few days later, the National Institute of Infectious Disease of Japan announced that the travelers…

Two new grants support research exploring how Ebola virus spreads in the body with implication for targeted viral treatmentsCredit: Texas Biomed SAN ANTONIO (June 17, 2021) - Scientists have a general idea of how viruses invade and…

Computational model showing needed vaccine efficacy levels to be sole intervention continues to be used as a barometer by decision makersCredit: CUNY SPH The emergence and rapid spread of novel Covid-19 coronavirus in early 2020 spurred…

Unaffected mosquitoes carry different mutations from those that are temporarily knocked outCredit: Saavedra-Rodriguez K et al., 2021, PLOS Genetics The Yellow fever mosquito (scientific name, Aedes aegypti) spreads multiple untreatable…

A new treatment approach focused on fixing cell damage, rather than fighting the virus directly, is effective against SARS-CoV-2 in lab models. Combination of two drugs reduces spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells by up to 99.5%. If…

Credit: Mark Gridley In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic - the Black Death - which killed between 40 and 60 per cent of the population. Later waves of plague then continued to strike regularly over…

The results confirm that the 'Xpert Ultra' is a frontline tool in routine conditions and is effective in different contexts The 'Xpert Ultra' molecular test has a greater capacity than its predecessor ('Xpert MTB/RIF') in detecting…

What The Study Did: This study examined whether mandatory daily employee symptom data collection can be used as an early alert surveillance system to estimate COVID-19 hospitalizations in communities where employees live. Authors:…

What The Study Did: The findings of this study suggest that the increased mortality among Black patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is associated with the hospitals at which Black patients disproportionately received care. Authors:…

PHILADELPHIA-- The COVID-19 death rate for Black patients would be 10 percent lower if they had access to the same hospitals as white patients, a new study shows. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of…

Study in Uganda highlights potential for school-aged children to be targeted for malaria control interventions The role of people infected with malaria without showing symptoms presents a hidden risk to efforts to control the disease after…

Autopsies consistently find fibrosis in hearts of the HIV-positive Individuals infected with HIV are more than twice as likely to die from sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared to the general population, and are more likely to have hearts…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers In a study of more than 10,600 adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19, women had significantly lower odds than men of in-hospital mortality. They also had fewer admissions to the intensive…

NEIDL, Broad Institute scientists say next-generation vaccines could stimulate another arm of the immune system, imparting better protection against coronavirus variantsCredit: Photo courtesy of Saeed lab A new study looking at the way…

Targeting highly pathogenic coronavirus-induced apoptosis reduces viral pathogenesis and disease severity A new study using cells, transgenic mouse models, and cultured human lung tissue provides evidence that the ability to trigger…

Coronavirus activates a stem cell-mediated defense mechanism that reactivates dormant TB in a mouse model and has implications for developing new vaccines and avoiding a global TB pandemic, report investigators in The American Journal of…

Hamid Tali and Sana Anbuhi comb the growing pile of literature for the tools and techniques that best detect the virusCredit: Concordia University Clinical research on COVID-19 has boomed in the 18 months since the disease first…