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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and medical technology industry partners have announced new efforts to better diagnose bacterial infections at the recent World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

The ECDC has released a software toolkit that can calculate the disability-adjusted life years for a number of infectious diseases and healthcare-associated infections.

A group of researchers recently published a study in JAMA, examining conflicts of interest (COIs) among committee members who set hepatitis C (HCV) and cholesterol management guidelines. They found that there, in fact, were COIs among committee members setting HCV management guidelines.

The Texas Department of State Health Services recently reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of Zika virus in pregnant woman who did not travel outside of the state.

Cancer specialists at the UT Southwestern Medical Center are reminding women to continue going for Pap smears even if they have received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.

Researchers have developed a new trivalent vaccine that has proven to provide powerful protection against genital herpes (HSV) in preclinical trials.

Through environmental cleaning and student-oriented education, Humber College in Toronto, Canada, has managed to quell a nasty outbreak of norovirus.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) plans to fund research projects designed to discover and develop new antibiotics to treat these troublesome bacteria.

The European Medicines Agency has fully validated Gilead’s SOf/VEL/VOX regimen to treat hepatitis C (HCV).

While we look to emerging infectious disease outbreaks and the threat of biological weapons, it's easy to forget the responsibilities of our domestic research.

A new agent in the antibiotic pipeline, cefiderocol, has proved to be effective against complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs).

In Illinois and Wisconsin, eight individuals working at rat-breeding facilities have contracted Seoul virus.

New Hampshire is currently experiencing a serious gonorrhea outbreak that may be difficult to contain for a number of reasons.

Researchers find that Salmonella Typhimurium has evolved a mechanism to inhibit its ability to cause disease and allow survival of its host in order to promote its own spread to new hosts.

With flu season underway, a pair of recent studies highlight the impact of winter weather on influenza activity and raise questions about the right time to receive a flu shot.

New research from Pew Charitable Trusts has found that quality issues are not the only factor that contribute to drug shortages.

Researchers have found that chewing your food results in the stimulation of Th17 immune cells that protect against a number of infections commonly found in the mouth.

Researchers from La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology believe that their findings will provide a platform to understand how Zika virus makes its way into various body fluids.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania identify characteristics of HIV-1 strains that are able to get through innate protective barriers and cause infection through sexual intercourse.

A team of researchers has found that urbanized white ibises may be shedding Salmonella enterica and transmitting it to humans visiting parks.

Researchers find that for children who suffer from mild to moderate recurrent throat infections, tonsillectomy may be more beneficial than watchful waiting.

Felix Kleefeld, of Berlin, Germany, and colleagues examined how eradicating HCV affected the cognition of patients in a study published in Neurology in December 2016.

Researchers from the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, The Netherlands, examine the cost-effectiveness of the most commonly used treatments for community-acquired pneumonia.

Researchers conducted a post hoc analysis to learn whether or not the length of time it took to attain initial viral suppression is related to sustained virologic response (SVR) rates for patients receiving the so-call 3D treatment, with or without ribavirin.

Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine have developed a Retro94-based compound that may be able to prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) from copying itself.

As concerns over the spread of tropical infectious diseases increase, in the age of Zika virus and Dengue fever in particular, PRVs may have significant implications for the development of novel vaccines and antivirals, assuming the program is used effectively.

This article is the second part of two-part coverage on a study conducted by Rutgers University researchers that analyzes the effects of misdiagnosing fungal infections on the increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance.

A recent study conducted by Rutgers University researchers analyzes the effects of misdiagnosing fungal infections on the increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance.

A new study has revealed an alarmingly high rate of HPV infections in men in the United States.