Preventing a dengue outbreak at the 2020 Summer Olympics
In 2014, a dengue outbreak unexpectedly occurred in Tokyo. What does that mean for the 2020 summer Olympics and Paralympics […]
In healthy individuals, the Zika virus causes flu-like symptoms. If a pregnant woman becomes infected, the unborn child can suffer […] Helminthic parasites, like hookworm and liver flukes (schistosomiasis), affect an estimated 1 billion people worldwide. Infection from hookworm and schistosomiasis […] New research published in The Lancet shows that an experimental HIV-1 vaccine regimen is well-tolerated and generated comparable and robust […] Lyme disease cases among children are on the rise in western Pennsylvania, according to researchers from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh […] Mucus and other airway secretions that are expelled when a person with the flu coughs or exhales appear to protect […] A researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has found that the use of stimulants, such as […] Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a genetic screening tool that identified two key factors that allow the […] Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral disease spread by ticks in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of […] A newly identified coronavirus that killed nearly 25,000 piglets in 2016-17 in China emerged from horseshoe bats near the origin […]Virology
Zika virus study reveals possible causes of brain pathology
Researchers are developing vaccines for human parasites
Novel HIV vaccine candidate is safe and induces immune response in healthy adults and monkeys
Lyme disease cases among children are on the rise in western Pennsylvania
Flu virus is protected by mucus when airborne, regardless of humidity
Link between crystal methamphetamine and immune changes in HIV
Genetic screening tool identifies how the flu infiltrates cells: CRISPR/Cas9 editing tools help identify genes that could provide targets for antiviral drugs, with implications for other diseases caused by immune system dysfunction
Scientists develop macaque model to study Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
New coronavirus emerges from bats in China, devastates young swine: Identified in same region, from same bats, as SARS coronavirus