The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, recently released a statement verifying the organization’s commitment to researching, preventing and treating tuberculosis.
Scientists from Osel Inc. and their partners have engineered a vaginal lactobacillus that is designed to generate neutralizing antibody fragments against HIV-1 infections.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Pennsylvania researchers recently published a report stating there is not any additional benefit for advanced…
A team of scientists from Stanford University, the Universities of Melbourne, the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, and the University of California, San Francisco have made a significant breakthrough in…
A study recently published in Preventive Medicine shows a potential alternative that scientists have developed to replace the Ebola entry screen program that is in place at U.S. airports.
Scientists from Shanghai Jiano Tong University and UCLA have created a novel combination of drugs that could shorten the amount of time that tuberculosis patients undergo treatment.
Dr. Margaret Chan, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), recently released a statement about the outbreak of the Zika virus, which has continued to be an ongoing problem…
The New Mexico Department of Health recently confirmed that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a positive match for the strains that are currently circulating, adequately protecting people from contracting the…
Scientists at the University of Georgia and Sanofi Pasteur, which is the vaccines division of Sanofi, recently developed a new vaccine to protect people from H1N1 influenza.
Scientists recently used a simulation model to demonstrate the true effects of various infectious disease in an area, with the pandemic swine flu and its minor effects on Finland.
To mark World Tuberculosis Day Thursday, the global health community honored discoveries from scientists who have made TB discoveries throughout history, including Robert Koch.
Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology recently discovered that an engineered vaccine protein bonds…
Scientists recently discovered a new cluster of the Ebola virus in Guinea, as there were three unexplained deaths in Korokpara village, located in N’Zerekore prefecture, during the last few seeks.
Curcumin, which is found in turmeric and is one of the major elements in curry powder, may be able to help treat people who have infections of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The UK Department of Health recently granted the World Health Organization (WHO) an urgent donation amounting to more than 157,000 meningococcal C (MenC) meningitis and septicaemia vaccines.
A new study from the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative at the University of Cape Town suggests that a simple blood test can predict a person’s chances of developing tuberculosis.
A recent study from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine shows that when mice receive statins, typically used to reduce cholesterol, their tuberculosis (TB) infections heal faster than they…
People with HIV infections experience a wide range of abnormalities in their immune systems, and one of the most recently discovered abnormalities includes affinity maturation defects within the memory B…
Emory University scientists recently discovered that the competition between different strains of malaria parasites could affect how drug-resistant malaria spreads throughout humans.
A clinical trial designed to compare three advanced Kaposi’s sarcoma chemotherapy treatment regimens combined with antiretroviral treatment for AIDS patients will not accept any more participants into its oral chemotherapy…
Leaders from Meningitis Now and the Meningitis Research Foundation, two U.K. charities dedicated to fighting meningitis, recently said they intend to encourage Petitions and Health committees to accept an action…
Scientists from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have conducted a study to show that long-lasting injections containing an HIV drug provide people with protection against HIV transmissions.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is commemorating World TB Day on Thursday by encouraging nations and collaborators to “Unite to End Tuberculosis” from being on the world health scene.
An international team of scientists has implemented a selective amplification technique that allowed them to sequence genomes from two species of parasites in chimpanzees, helping them to better understand how…
Scientists recently administered antibodies to infant macaques after they had exposure to a virus similar to HIV, with the antibodies effectively eliminating the infection.
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