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Under a program established through the Affordable Care Act, 769 US hospitals will receive Medicare reimbursement reductions due to the high rates of hospital-acquired infections.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) released guidelines recommending screening for hepatitis B in patients who are infected with hepatitis C prior to starting treatment with direct-acting antivirals.

Health officials in China have reported six recent human cases of bird flu in three mainland provinces and the Macao Special Administrative Region; these cases have been traced back to live poultry markets and poultry farms.

The first large-scale clinical trial of a new HIV preventive drug, cabotegravir, has been launched and researchers are looking to see if it is just as effective as Truvada, the only licensed PrEP regimen currently available.

Although herpes remains one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the United States, the US Preventive Services Task Force is calling for less routine testing.

A DNA-based Zika virus vaccine developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals proves successful in phase I open-label dose-ranging human trials.

Researchers continue to move closer to the development of a universal influenza vaccine that would potentially provide protection against all influenza A strains and subtypes.

Following a recent unanimous decision by United Nations General Assembly member states, the intergovernmental organization has announced it will be holding a high-level meeting in 2018 on the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the first-ever meeting of its kind.

As Salmonella strains continue to develop resistance to antibiotics, UTMB researchers have developed an oral vaccine to assist in the fight against the food-borne infection.

A new study explores why some animals and humans might be more susceptible than others to develop prion diseases.

A team of researchers in France explore if text message reminders in hospital settings will encourage better hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers.

Americans are gearing up for travel to celebrate the winter holidays amid a mild start to the influenza season.

Researchers have found that commonly used antiretroviral drugs may be the cause of a number of cognitive problems.

Researchers from France recently found that higher base levels of vitamin D were not associated with a stronger immune response in HIV-infected patients.

Researchers discover that being exposed to latter stages of malaria infection prevents cells from developing immunity to early liver stage infection.

Efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 face funding challenges, although new research is showing that we now have the tools and technology to eliminate the virus as a global health threat.

A new study has characterized risk factors for the development of active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among patients who are colonized with the bacteria at hospital admission.

Researchers have found that the most common childhood cancer, acute lymphocytic leukemia, can be linked with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), a virus in the herpes family.

Researchers recently utilized Twitter user data to discern public opinions on the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, with surprising results.

An alternative antibiotic treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) endorsed by WHO shows promising effects in a new study using computer modeling.

A new campaign is using bacteria-coated billboards to make people aware of how dirty the objects that they touch every single day actually are to encourage handwashing.

Researchers from Purdue University have discovered a connection between hepatitis B (HBV) infection and liver cancer.

New, cost-effective technology from a biotech start-up may be able to revolutionize Zika diagnosis.

More on the latest news regarding Zika virus research in pregnant women and their growing fetuses is included in this article.

Researchers from Brazil evaluated the use of optical coherence tomography to assess the impact of congenital Zika virus infection on infants’ eyes.

The recent discovery of a child mummy calls into question some assumptions about the history of smallpox.

In a new study, a team of pediatric hospital researchers found that cutting unnecessary blood cultures in children avoids false positives without resulting in missed sepsis diagnoses.

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published more information on the incidence of birth defects in infants born to mother infected with the Zika virus.

A new report from the US Department of Health and Human Services shows a drop in hospital-acquired conditions since 2010, marking improvements in patient safety for the national healthcare system.

UC San Francisco researchers have found a link between pubic hair grooming and sexually transmitted diseases.