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COVID-19 present in white-tailed deer in Texas

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Research conducted by Douglas Watts, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, has found COVID-19 present in white-tailed deer in...

South Africa Omicron study: Early analyses suggest a reduced risk of hospitalization

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Since the introduction of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in March 2020, South Africa has experienced three epidemic waves with the Beta...

Guinea worm disease: ‘Dogs are now the key impediment to eradicating this dreadful human disease’

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Guinea worm disease is usually caught by drinking water containing water fleas that carry the parasite larvae. The worms mate and grow inside the body, and after 10-14...

Risk of severe disease and hospitalization significantly lower in Omicron infection compared to prior variants: Discovery Health

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Summary of findings: Vaccine effectiveness: The two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination provides 70% protection against severe complications of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization,...

Ivermectin and dafachronic acid combo identified as possible cure for Strongyloidiasis

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Combining two agents to block a parasitic worm’s life cycle boosted survival from a potentially deadly tropical disease to 85% in animal models, far better than either...

Omicron: Previous infection and vaccination will have some ‘stronger than basic’ defense against variant

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Tube samples of Omicron, however, do further propose its “significant” capability to evade protection from previous infection and, potentially, even third vaccine...

Chikungunya virus infection may develop partial immunity to Mayaro virus: University of São Paulo researchers

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil suggests people previously infected by Chikungunya virus may develop partial immunity to Mayaro virus....

C. diff: Researchers study the initial point of infection

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Scientists around the world have been working in earnest to improve understanding of an increasingly virulent superbug, Clostridioides difficile. The highly contagious...

Global syphilis population made up of two lineages: Study

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There is widespread global transmission of syphilis, particularly within the last 20 years, according to research published in Nature Microbiology. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical...

James Bond 007: Researchers look at his health habits in new paper

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63  Researchers from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom took a deep dive into the health habits of famed fictional spy, James Bond, in a new paper published in in the journal Travel...