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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.

Acute myocardial infarction rates are higher in HIV-positive patients; a new study out of the VA may help clinicians determine who’s most at risk.

Male circumcision has been promoted by public health officials as a way of reducing HIV-1 infection rates, and now, the first study of its kind shows that circumcision rates have also impacted the spread of HIV-2 in West Africa.

Researchers found that 6% of fetuses or infants congenitally infected with the Zika virus developed birth defects.

Researchers find that the tuberculosis vaccine can offer protection against other diseases due to its “trained immunity.”

As rates of syphilis have gone up around the world, a team of researchers from the University of Zurich have found that today’s epidemic strains have shared origins and emerged after the discovery of antibiotics.

A dynamic partnership has resulted in the development of a new, minimally-invasive device that can be used to treat HIV, cancer, and a number of other disease, ensuring medicinal adherence.

Why do more HCV-infected immigrants, rather than non-immigrants, end up hospitalized for liver problems? Inadequate screening and longer infection duration are likely reasons.

In a review article, researchers share current understanding of the pathogenesis of type IV T cell-dependent immune-mediated ADRs and review the evidence for diagnostics for T cell-mediated ADRs.

The latest news regarding the spread of the Zika virus in the United States, and recent discoveries on how Zika infects the human brain is included in this article.

A defense mechanism by which plants and animals fight off RNA viruses was recently observed in human cells for the first time, offering researchers a look at new ways to treat viral diseases.

The United States is experiencing its biggest mumps outbreak in years, causing a surge of cases across the country after several years of relatively few cases. This has prompted health officials to take steps to prevent further spread of the disease.

As Hawaii struggles to recover from two food-borne outbreaks, DOH officials seek to make revisions to their food safety regulations to enhance food-borne illness prevention.

New guidelines released by researchers with the Infectious Diseases Society of America recommend that people with suspected latent tuberculosis infections receive a new generation of diagnostic testing.

Researchers from Brazil have developed a platform that can successfully diagnose hundreds of different viruses.

University of New Hampshire (UNH) scientists are developing an algorithm to predict when NH’s Great Bay Estuary’s oysters may be at risk of contamination.