Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Share Eight Molecular Pathways
In a newly published study, researchers uncover several potential ways that type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease may be related at the level of genes,…
Epidemiology News
Targeted Isolation May Be the Most Effective Way to Reduce Transmission of Ebola
New research led by the Yale School of Public Health shows that isolating 75% of infected individuals in critical condition within four days of symptom…
Meta-Analysis Identifies Four New Genetic Risk Factors for Testicular Cancer
Researchers have identified four new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer, supporting the notion that testicular cancer is a disorder of…
Biodiversity and Disease Risk for Humans
A newly published study pokes holes in widely accepted theory that connects biodiversity abundance with a reduced disease risk for humans, finding that the links…
Vitamin D Could Reduce the Risk of Type 1 Diabetes
A new study from scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health suggests that vitamin D could protect against type 1 diabetes. Adequate levels of…
Tick-Borne Infection Borrelia Miyamotoi Discovered in the United States
Similar to Lyme disease, a new tick-borne infection known as Borrelia miyamotoi has been discovered in people in the United States. A new tick-borne infection…
Current State of Polio Eradication
In Pakistan, nine health workers were killed last year. They were administering the polio vaccine, which has been cast by the Taliban as a plot…
Drug Resistant Gonorrhea on the Rise in North America
The most common STIs in the USA, chlamydia and gonorrhea, are usually easy to eradicate thanks to doses of oral antibiotics, but now gonorrhea is…
Antiseptics Used By Health Care Workers Might Cause Infections
The FDA is warning that there is a possibility of healthcare-related infections caused by the antiseptics, which are supposed to prevent infections, used to disinfect…
Compound in Panda Blood Could Fight Superbugs
Researchers have discovered a potent antibody in panda blood, which could help fight increasingly prevalent drug-resistant strains of infections. Cathelicin-AM was discovered when researchers analyzed…
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis On The Rise
Back in 2005, doctors at a remote hospital in the village of Tugela Ferry, South Africa, were puzzled when patients with HIV, who were initially…
H5N1 Work Will Probably Continue
After a high-level meeting this week, work on the avian influenza H5N1 virus will probably continue by people who are not NIH funded. This is…
Kitchen Utensils Can Transfer Viruses
According to a new study, cutting unclean fruits and vegetables can spread viruses to the knife. Scienitists already knew that bacteria could contaminate utensils this…
Novel Coronavirus hCoV-EMC Infects Humans & Animals
The novel coronavirus which was discovered this summer in the Middle East might infect more than just human patients. The pathogen is closely related to…
Epidemiologists Trying to Track Down Novel Coronavirus
The new coronavirus, linked to different cases in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, was named HCoV-EMC, short for human coronavirus and the Erasmus Medical Center in…
Diagnostic Tests Undercut Surveillance Abilities of Health Officials
Some new diagnostic tests for foodborne pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter and Escherichia coli hinder the ability of public health officials to detect outbreaks. The problem…
Cases of New Coronavirus Announced By WHO
The World Health Organization announced four new cases of the novel coronavirus that caused a great deal of worry just before the October hajj season….
Crystal Meth Could Reduce Susceptibility to the Common Flu
Researchers suggest that a small dose of methamphetamine, i.e. crystal meth, could reduce the replication of the human influenza virus. The scientists published their findings…