Study finds critically ill influenza patients face double the risk of acute kidney injury compared to COVID-19 patients

byThe University of Hong KongTransmission electron micrograph of influenza A virus, late passage. Credit: CDCResearchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) reve

Updated on: September 11,2024

Study finds critically ill influenza patients face double the risk of acute kidney injury compared to COVID-19 patients

byThe University of Hong KongTransmission electron micrograph of influenza A virus, late passage. Credit: CDCResearchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) reve

Updated on:September 11,2024

Research lays the groundwork for a lifesaving group B strep vaccine

by Jennifer Micale,Binghamton UniversityAn image of a mother holding a baby Image Credit: Pixabay.One in five pregnant women carry Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep or GBS) in the vaginal

Updated on: May 31,2024

Research lays the groundwork for a lifesaving group B strep vaccine

by Jennifer Micale,Binghamton UniversityAn image of a mother holding a baby Image Credit: Pixabay.One in five pregnant women carry Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep or GBS) in the vaginal

Updated on:May 31,2024

WHO says mpox outbreaks 'can be stopped'

Credit: AI-generated imageOutbreaks of mpox in Central Africa "can be stopped", the World Health Organization said on Monday, but $135 million of funding may be needed to tackle the disease&

Updated on: September 11,2024

WHO says mpox outbreaks 'can be stopped'

Credit: AI-generated imageOutbreaks of mpox in Central Africa "can be stopped", the World Health Organization said on Monday, but $135 million of funding may be needed to tackle the disease&

Updated on:September 11,2024

New research reveals link between air pollution, water quality and multiple long-term chronic conditions in Serbia

byUniversity of SheffieldHeatmap of latent class models. Credit:Environmental Health(2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12940-024-01133-8Multimorbidity is the presence of two or more chronic healt

Updated on: December 22,2024

New research reveals link between air pollution, water quality and multiple long-term chronic conditions in Serbia

byUniversity of SheffieldHeatmap of latent class models. Credit:Environmental Health(2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12940-024-01133-8Multimorbidity is the presence of two or more chronic healt

Updated on:December 22,2024

Health officials warn of potential measles exposure from 'international traveler' in Boston

by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston HeraldAn electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. GoldsmithAn "international visitor" who used public transportation to trav

Updated on: July 08,2024

Health officials warn of potential measles exposure from 'international traveler' in Boston

by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston HeraldAn electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. GoldsmithAn "international visitor" who used public transportation to trav

Updated on:July 08,2024

COVID-induced immune memory could protect against severe cases of flu, mouse study suggests

by Katherine Fenz,Rockefeller UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Immunity(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.08.018More than 200 viruses can infect and cause disease in humans; most

Updated on: November 14,2024

COVID-induced immune memory could protect against severe cases of flu, mouse study suggests

by Katherine Fenz,Rockefeller UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Immunity(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.08.018More than 200 viruses can infect and cause disease in humans; most

Updated on:November 14,2024

Scientists develop novel antibody platform that tackles viral mutations

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalAMETA treatment effectively clumps the virus and disarms its spike structures, which are essential for infecting host cells. Credit: Jialu Xu, Ph.D., University of Oxfo

Updated on: November 14,2024

Scientists develop novel antibody platform that tackles viral mutations

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalAMETA treatment effectively clumps the virus and disarms its spike structures, which are essential for infecting host cells. Credit: Jialu Xu, Ph.D., University of Oxfo

Updated on:November 14,2024

Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots: Some experts say the US should, too

by Amy Maxmen, Arthur Allen, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainAs bird flu spreads among dairy cattle in the U.S., veterinarians and researchers have taken note of Finland's move to vaccinat

Updated on: August 07,2024

Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots: Some experts say the US should, too

by Amy Maxmen, Arthur Allen, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainAs bird flu spreads among dairy cattle in the U.S., veterinarians and researchers have taken note of Finland's move to vaccinat

Updated on:August 07,2024

Scientists discover dual roles of antibodies in COVID-19 infections

byUniversity of Minnesota Medical SchoolDual-role epitope on SARS-CoV-2 spike enhances and neutralizes viral entry across different variants. Credit:PLOS Pathogens(2024). DOI: 10.137

Updated on: October 03,2024

Scientists discover dual roles of antibodies in COVID-19 infections

byUniversity of Minnesota Medical SchoolDual-role epitope on SARS-CoV-2 spike enhances and neutralizes viral entry across different variants. Credit:PLOS Pathogens(2024). DOI: 10.137

Updated on:October 03,2024

Travelers' phones pose potential risks to public health and biosecurity

byBond UniversityCredit:Infection, Disease & Health(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.08.004Knowledge and ideas circulate freely at international conferences but so do germs carried

Updated on: November 13,2024

Travelers' phones pose potential risks to public health and biosecurity

byBond UniversityCredit:Infection, Disease & Health(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.08.004Knowledge and ideas circulate freely at international conferences but so do germs carried

Updated on:November 13,2024

Learning from the COVID pandemic: On the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against pathogens

by German Center for Infection ResearchEpidemiological properties of viral importation lineages. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48641-2In the years of the COVI

Updated on: August 06,2024

Learning from the COVID pandemic: On the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against pathogens

by German Center for Infection ResearchEpidemiological properties of viral importation lineages. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48641-2In the years of the COVI

Updated on:August 06,2024

New study highlights scale and impact of long COVID

byUniversity of OxfordCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a new review paper, researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Leeds and Arizona, analyzed dozens of previous studies into long COVID

Updated on: August 30,2024

New study highlights scale and impact of long COVID

byUniversity of OxfordCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a new review paper, researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Leeds and Arizona, analyzed dozens of previous studies into long COVID

Updated on:August 30,2024