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Third dose COVID-19 booster vaccines offer lasting protection, trial shows

Third dose COVID-19 booster vaccines offer lasting protection after several months, according to the latest results of a nationwide trial.

25 Jul 2023

Widespread vaccination needed to protect adults from serious and moderate COVID-19 disease

An analysis of real-world data from more than 1.2 million patients from health systems in four geographically dispersed states -- Indiana, Oregon, Texas and Utah -- conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's VISION Network, has determined both the number of adults needed to be vaccinated to prevent one COVID-19 associated hospitalization and the number needed to be vaccinated to prevent one COVID-19 associated emergency department (ED) visit.

25 Jul 2023

Brazilian researchers identify new way to stop excessive inflammation in COVID-19

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have identified a new class of molecules capable of stopping the excessive inflammation typical of the severe form of COVID-19 without impairing the immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease.

25 Jul 2023

Data from wearable devices could be valuable in public health research

Data harvested from wearable devices and health apps could be valuable in public health research, according to a study.

25 Jul 2023

New computational tool could boost pandemic preparedness

Immune system researchers have designed a computational tool to boost pandemic preparedness. Scientists can use this new algorithm to compare data from vastly different experiments and better predict how individuals may respond to disease.

25 Jul 2023

UKHSA unveils new strategy to prepare for and respond to health threats

The new strategy sets out UKHSA's vision and goals for the next 3 years to prepare for and respond to health threats and build the capabilities and technologies to protect the country in the future.

25 Jul 2023

New targets for psoriasis treatment? Study reveals 165 associated genes

Researchers conducted a transcriptome-wide association study.

25 Jul 2023

Designing vaccines to induce a stronger immune response to infecting pathogens

A new paper in Biology Methods & Protocols, published by Oxford University Press, shows it may be possible to design vaccines that will induce a stronger immune response to infecting pathogens, such as the virus causing COVID-19.

25 Jul 2023

Discovery redefines current understanding of immune cell landscape in the human cornea

University of Melbourne researchers have discovered that the sentinels guarding the healthy human cornea from pathogens and inflammation are T cells, and not another type of immune cells called dendritic cells, as previously thought.

24 Jul 2023

Donating a kidney can be safe for people living with HIV, study shows

Based on findings from a study published today in the journal The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and three collaborating medical institutions suggest that people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who donate a kidney to other people living with HIV (PLWH) have a low risk of developing end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or other kidney problems in the years following the donation.

24 Jul 2023

Improving gut health may be key to slowing HIV progression to AIDS

Restoring and improving gut health may be key to slowing HIV progression to AIDS, according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh infectious diseases scientists published today in the journal JCI Insight.

24 Jul 2023

Study offers a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and fungal alterations in COVID-19

Researchers use nanopore sequencing to determine the fungal and bacterial microbiota in the lungs of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.

24 Jul 2023

HIV-positive people with low-level viral load pose ‘almost zero’ risk to sexual partners

People living with HIV who maintain low – but still detectible – levels of the virus and adhere to their antiretroviral regimen have almost zero risk of transmitting it to their sexual partners, according to an analysis published in The Lancet.

23 Jul 2023

Fly-to-bedside resource offers new hope for COVID-19 treatments

Millions of deaths and ongoing illnesses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted scientists to seek new ways of understanding how viruses so skillfully enter and reprogram human cells.

21 Jul 2023

Salk researchers uncover molecular mechanisms of HIV drug resistance

Salk Institute researchers, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, have discovered the molecular mechanisms by which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) becomes resistant to Dolutegravir, one of the most effective, clinically used antiviral drugs for treating HIV.

21 Jul 2023

New sensor may be deployed to screen patients for hard-to-diagnose cancers

Drawing inspiration from natural sensory systems, an MIT-led team has designed a novel sensor that could detect the same molecules that naturally occurring cell receptors can identify.

21 Jul 2023

Scripps Research scientists develop AI tool to track the detailed evolution of viral pandemics

Scripps Research scientists have developed a machine-learning system - a type of artificial intelligence (AI) application - that can track the detailed evolution of epidemic viruses and predict the emergence of viral variants with important new properties.

21 Jul 2023