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Research leverages emergency room visits to connect at risk populations to preventive services

With a disproportionate number of black cisgender women in the U.S. becoming HIV positive, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are sharing critical health information through an atypical venue: the emergency room.

3 Dec 2019

Vast majority of in-use make-up products are contaminated with deadly superbugs

The vast majority of in-use make-up products such as beauty blenders, mascara and lip gloss are contaminated with potentially life threatening superbugs, new research from Aston University published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology has revealed.

3 Dec 2019

Study: Spleen and gut lymph nodes may serve as reservoir replication sites for HIV virus

An international team led by Professor Jerome Estaquier from Universite Laval's Faculty of Medicine and the CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval Research Center may have discovered where in the body HIV takes refuge during antiretroviral treatment.

3 Dec 2019

New model for late-onset sepsis explores potential treatments for neonatal infection

Extremely premature infants are at risk for life-threatening infections that spread into their bodies from the intestine. Infections after the first three days of life are called late-onset sepsis, or LOS.

3 Dec 2019

Bednets with barriers could help reduce the number of malaria deaths

The resurgence of Malaria in high risk areas calls for new methods to combat the potentially dangerous situation.

2 Dec 2019

Communication key in preventing AIDS, say health organizations

Repeating the message of so many years, World AIDS Day has come and gone. This year, the focus was on improving communication between the “victims” and the healthcare providers so that the former can get the care they need without having to come to terms with their lifestyle choices.

2 Dec 2019

New HIV drug combo rolled out in South Africa

South Africa has started distribution of the new anti-retroviral pill that combines three drugs to combat the HIV menace. The distribution began Sunday 1st of December 2019, to mark the World AIDS Day.

2 Dec 2019

Improving TB screening among hard-to-reach populations

Tuberculosisis the number one infectious disease killer worldwide. Particularly in hard-to-reach populations, diagnosis and treatment of TB remains very challenging.

2 Dec 2019

People who eat bushmeat may be at risk of contracting life-threatening diseases

People who eat wildebeests, wart hogs and other wild African animals may be at risk for contracting potentially life-threatening diseases, according to an international team of researchers.

2 Dec 2019

Experimental therapies offer patients a greater chance of surviving Ebola virus disease

The investigational therapeutics mAb114 and REGN-EB3 offer patients a greater chance of surviving Ebola virus disease compared to the investigational treatment ZMapp, according to published results from a clinical trial conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2 Dec 2019

“Liquid health check” could predict disease risk in the future

Measuring proteins in the blood could serve as a “liquid health check” that could predict people’s risk of developing diseases.

2 Dec 2019

New medicine could reduce number of infants dying from AIDS

A new, strawberry-flavored, granule-form medicine may be a solution for treating infants with AIDs.

2 Dec 2019

New medicine could reduce number of infant deaths from AIDS

A new, strawberry-flavored, granule-form medicine may be a solution for treating infants with AIDs.

2 Dec 2019

New vaccine against bovine TB

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports says that for the first time a vaccine has been created against bovine tuberculosis that can be given without affecting the ability to diagnose tuberculosis later using the PPD skin test.

28 Nov 2019

NIH Statement for World AIDS Day outlines efforts to end the HIV epidemic

With World AIDS Day on 1st December, we are reminded by the NIH of the work that needs to be done to end the HIV Epidemic.

28 Nov 2019

Health organizations urge people to get vaccinated against the flu

Health organizations are urging people to get their flu shot soon to protect themselves during the upcoming influenza season.

28 Nov 2019

Many women in Europe are diagnosed at late stage of HIV infection

Many women in the WHO European Region, particularly those in their 40s, are diagnosed at a late stage of HIV infection when their immune system is already starting to fail. They are three to four times more likely to be diagnosed late than younger women.

28 Nov 2019

New compound may enhance dengue vaccine efficacy by simulating amino acid deficiency

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling on November 26, 2019, describes a mouse experiment, in which the immune response to the dengue vaccine was boosted when the mice were first given halofuginone, a plant compound that is well known to herbalists.

27 Nov 2019

NewPneu: A cost-effective solution for detecting childhood pneumonia in low-resource communities

A device designed by a team of faculty and student researchers at Sheridan's Centre for Mobile Innovation (CMI) has the potential to impact the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia - a significant cause of death for children worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

27 Nov 2019

Household factors promote rapid staph superbug spread within families

A new study published in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases on November 21, 2019, shows how the superbug called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can get into a house and spread rapidly between family members and pets, with the potential to cause devastating infections.

27 Nov 2019