Study Shows that Vorinostat can Dislodge the Dormant HIV Virus in Patients
A newly published study from the University of North Carolina found that the drug vorinostat, a deacetylase inhibitor that is used to treat some types…
A newly published study from the University of North Carolina found that the drug vorinostat, a deacetylase inhibitor that is used to treat some types…
By focusing on the initial days of an epidemic and determining how likely the largest U.S. airports are to influence the spread of a contagious…
Yesterday, the CDC reported through its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that the superbug NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1), which was first identified in patients…
A cocktail of three antibodies has been able to cure monkeys infected with the Ebola virus if administered 24 hours or more after exposure. This…
While studying 27 patients with acute HIV infection, researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine found that early treatment reduced the production…
The flu can be lethal in some patients, but benign in others. The reason that this is the way that flu infections work might be…
It’s been explained at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) that the northeastern part of the United States faces the worst year yet…
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can be even deadlier when it is combined with a virulent flu infection. It’s been reported that a family of five…
It’s been reported that fruit bats in Guatemala are hosting a new type of the influenza A virus, according to a new study published in…
Last week, school administrators at the LeRoy Central School District in northwestern New York state approved a plan that will allow further testing at the…
Today the World Health Organization has released an updated report on the situation of drug-resistant tuberculosis around the world, and it’s reporting that drug-resistant TB…
Neurocysticercosis is caused when people ingest pork that has gone bad and is the root cause of several types of seizures. In a new study…
The Ebolavirus was first described in 1976 during the Zaire ebolavirus outbreaks in Africa. It’s one of the most lethal viruses on Earth, and it’s…
Pesticide- and antibiotic-free meat fetch premium prices, but a recent study has shown that there is still a prevalence of one of the world’s most…
In Indian hospitals, over 50% of bacterial infections are now resistant to commonly used antibiotics. Surveys have shown that many widespread pathogens in India are…
A new study published in Science shows that prion diseases, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), are able to jump…
Researchers have agreed to pause their work on the H5N1 avian influenza virus for the next 60 days. The research involved creating extra-contagious versions of…
A new virus has been found that causes fetal malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep, and goats in northern Europe. Scientists don’t have a clue…