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Lyme disease: Nearly one-third of test results are inaccurate for patients with Lyme rash

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., announces results published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology,...

Visceral leishmaniasis: Novartis and DNDi to jointly develop a new oral drug

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Novartis and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), a not-for-profit research and development (R&D) organization, have signed a collaboration and licence agreement to jointly develop LXE408,...

Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19: Clinical trials begins at the University of Nebraska

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A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the investigational antiviral remdesivir in hospitalized adults diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun...

Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. Announces License Agreement with Kansas State University Research Foundation for Norovirus and Coronavirus Antiviral Compounds

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Cocrystal Pharma, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing novel antiviral therapeutics, today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Kansas State University...

Egypt, Algeria and Republic of South Africa, main gates for coronavirus importation in Africa

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Egypt, Algeria and Republic of South Africa are the African countries most at risk for coronavirus COVID-19 importation in the continent, due to high air traffic with the contaminated Chinese provinces....

Lyme Disease: Johns Hopkins study shows select herbal medicines are highly active against Borrelia burgdorferi

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced the publication of new data finding that seven herbal medicines are highly active in test tubes against...

Data scientists ID potential vulnerabilities in the COVID-19 virus

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UT Southwestern Medical Center data scientists analyzing genetic sequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus have identified potential vulnerabilities that could help in vaccine development and further study...

Why Zika virus caused most harmful brain damage to Brazilian newborns

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Due to Zika virus, more than 1,600 babies were born in Brazil with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads, from September 2015 through April 2016. The epidemic took health professionals by surprise because...

Cerebral malaria: NIH study supports new approach for treatment

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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found evidence that specific immune cells may play a key role in the devastating effects of cerebral malaria, a severe form of malaria that mainly affects...

Measles complications can be many and varied, and more serious than people might realize: Study

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A new paper published in the journal BMJ Case Reports shows this entirely preventable viral infection can affect many different organs in the body. Measles is a highly contagious respiratory viral infection,...