NDM-1 Superbug Discovered in a Cat in the USA
The Indian superbug NDM-1, which has a gene that encodes an enzyme conferring resistance to almost all known antibiotics, has been found in the USA…
The Indian superbug NDM-1, which has a gene that encodes an enzyme conferring resistance to almost all known antibiotics, has been found in the USA…
Invasive mosquitoes carrying exotic diseases have made their entry into Europe. Diseases generally absent from Europe, like chikungunya and dengue fever have appeared around the…
A new vaccine trial has revealed a weak spot in HIV, which could lead to an effective vaccine against AIDS. The vaccine turns the immune…
According to a new study, more than 40% of tuberculosis infections that are resistant to front-line antibiotic treatments have also become resistant to some common…
Pathogenic bacteria without their virulent factors could be rendered harmless and eliminated by the human immune system. That’s the goal that a group of researchers…
Since July 16th, 16 people have died in Uganda from an Ebola outbreak. Contrary to previous outbreaks, a laboratory in Entebbe, near Uganda’s capital Kampala…
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…