Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered a new mechanism for designing antiviral drugs for dengue virus. The study…

COVID-19 is an urgent crisis that makes careful communication about it even more important In a new JAMA editorial, a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher and a health research journalist outline common ways that…

Bereavement multiplier shows over one million Americans have lost a family member A new analysis finds more than one million Americans have been swept up in the tidal wave of grief resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Using new…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2020--The anti-inflammatory and other beneficial effects of meditation and yoga practices make them potential adjunctive treatments of COVID-19, according to the…

Regenstrief, IU experts call for enhanced collaboration in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society editorialCredit: Regenstrief Institute Nursing homes are facing extreme challenges in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two…

An interventional therapy aimed at improving survival chances and reducing the need for critical care treatment due to COVID-19 is being investigated by physicians at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).…

Patients who died from COVID-19 in 2020 are 12 times more likely to die in a hospital than patients who died from any cause in 2018 CHICAGO--- Patients who died from COVID in 2020 were almost 12 times more likely to die in a medical…

NTMs are closely related to tuberculosis bacteria and can (but do not need to) cause infectious diseases in humans. They are called "nontuberculous mycobacteria" (NTMs) to distinguish them from tuberculosis bacteria. There are…

By studying fifty COVID-19 patients, researchers in France identified a unique signature - a combination of deficiency in a response of a particular interferon, as well as exacerbated inflammation - in the most critically ill. They…

Researchers from Sechenov University in collaboration with colleagues from Germany, Greece and Russia reviewed scientific articles on the role of zinc in the prevention and treatment of viral infections and pneumonia, with projections on…

American Journal of Preventive Medicine focus on critical public health aspects of COVID-19Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Ann Arbor, July 13, 2020 -- New research and guidance in the American Journal of Preventive…

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications A single dose of the flu drug baloxavir marboxil can reduce the spread of the illness within households, new research concludes. A study examining 752 household contacts of 545 patients with…

Patients who received single intravenous dose of tocilizumab were also more likely to leave the hospital or be off ventilator within a month, despite double the risk of additional infectionCredit: University of Michigan/Clinical Infectious…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Deaths from COVID-19 will have a ripple effect causing impacts on the mental health and health of surviving family members. But the extent of that impact has been hard to assess until now. Every death from COVID-19…

UT Dallas researchers' simulations will help systems adapt to unpredictable situationsCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas Polycraft World, a modification of the video game Minecraft, was developed by University of Texas at…

Study shows: Arsenic trioxide strengthens the body's defenses against virusesCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM An adenovirus infection can be potentially life-threatening, especially for children after a stem cell transplant.…

An analysis of nearly 300 recently identified human SARS-CoV-2 antibodies uncovered a gene frequently used in antibodies that most effectively target the virus. The results contribute to growing structural insight that will be needed for…

The findings support many vaccine strategies being used to tackle the new coronavirus LA JOLLA, CA--A team led by scientists at Scripps Research has discovered a common molecular feature found in many of the human antibodies that…

AdCOVID stimulated both strong serum neutralizing activity and potent mucosal IgA immunity in the respiratory tract.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Altimmune, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has announced positive…

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A new antiviral drug that is effective against a broad range of human pathogens in the paramyxovirus family, such as the human parainfluenzaviruses and measles virus, has been…