Infectious/Emerging Diseases

(Boston)-Donald M. Thea, MD, MSc, professor of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and director of the MD/MPH dual degree program at Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health, was…

Three factors are identified as the primary motivators, according to new research published in Heliyon London, July 18, 2019 - Fear, trust, and the likelihood of exposure are three leading factors that influence whether people are willing…

Credit: Kiley Riffell For female mosquitoes, finding their next meal is all about smelling and seeing. Through behavioral experiments and real-time recording of the female mosquito brain, a team of scientists, led by researchers at the…

A team of researchers from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine Centre's Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre (ViREMiCS) found that immune cells undergoing stress and an altered metabolism are the reasons why some…

Credit: CDC/Dr. Lucille K. Georg MADISON - Ten years ago, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, 55 people were sickened by an uncommon fungal infection called blastomycosis. Thirty patients were hospitalized. Two people died. The…

Credit: CCDC ARL RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (July 15, 2019) - U.S. Army game-theory research using artificial intelligence may help treat cancer and other diseases, improve cybersecurity, deploy Soldiers and assets more…

Study will enroll men who have sex with men and transgender people; complementary study in women is ongoingCredit: NIAID The National Institutes of Health and partners today announced plans to conduct a Phase 3 HIV vaccine efficacy…

Los Angeles, Calif. - Investigators from the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the world's largest and longest-established HIV research network, today announced that the Journal of Clinical Investigation published new findings from the…

Projects seek solutions to health issues including heart disease, infections, cancer and diabetes EDMONTON, ALBERTA (Friday, July 12, 2019) - Between April 1 and June 30, 2019, the Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet) awarded $885K in…

ECDC study looks at the factors and response optionsCredit: ECDC The number of syphilis cases has been consistently going up across Europe since 2010, mostly affecting men who have sex with men living in urban areas. In 2017,…