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BYLINE: Chelsea Montes de Oca Newswise — I thought to myself as I read yet another story about the latest spike of avian influenza where I live in Colorado. This news, unfortunately, no longer surprises me. In fact, I’d argue that the threat of disease from our food supply and the disruptions these outbreaks can cause are…
Newswise — Université de Montréal medical professors Nicolas Chomont and Andrés Finzi have secured $5.75 million over five years from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to try to develop a treatment capable of permanently eliminating HIV from the body. The projects led by Chomont and Finzi, both professors in the Department of Microbiology, Infectiology,…
At a glance: Study finds three new safe and effective drug regimens to fight multidrug-resistant TB The treatments, which include recently discovered TB drugs, give new options for shorter, personalized treatment and are cleared for use for more people than ever Newswise — Tuberculosis remains one of the top infectious disease killers worldwide, a challenge…
Newswise — Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical component of the Nipah virus, a highly lethal bat-borne pathogen that has caused outbreaks in humans almost every year since it was identified in 1999. The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a…
Newswise — EAST LANSING, Mich. – Kimberly Dodd is the dean of the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and the former director of the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, or MSU VDL. Dodd is an expert in laboratory diagnostics and outbreak response for emerging infectious diseases. The MSU VDL is a member of the National Animal…
Newswise — DENTON, Texas, Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — HealthTrackRx, the nation’s premier molecular diagnostic laboratory for infectious diseases, today announced the opening of its newest campus at the state-of-the-art UPS Healthcare Labport facility in Louisville. This expansion represents a significant step in HealthTrackRx’s mission of Getting People Healthier Faster, enabling faster, more affordable infection testing nationwide. HealthTrackRx’s…
STONY BROOK, NY, January 15, 2025 – A new study that identified 475 patients with post-acute sequelae of Covid-19 (PASC), also known as Long Covid, revealed that nearly 85 percent (403) of these patients had multiple Covid-19 infections over the course of a four-year period (March 2020 to February 2024). Additionally, vaccination independently reduced the…
Newswise — DETROIT – Avian influenza continues to create significant concern among public health professionals about possible threats to human health. The Wayne State University Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases (CEID) today issued guidance regarding the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks affecting multiple states. Avian influenza is common in the wild bird…
Newswise — Experts from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are available to discuss the Louisiana Department of Health’s report that a patient – the first person known to have contracted avian influenza (H5N1) in the U.S. – has died. It is the first human fatality in the U.S. linked to bird flu….
Newswise — SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 6, 2025 — Aptitude Medical Systems, Inc. (Aptitude) has secured funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the development and release of its new Point of Care (POC) and Over-The-Counter (OTC) Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis sexually transmitted infection (STI) test on the Metrix® molecular diagnostics platform. The…
