BREAKING
Home » Archive by Category "Research" (Page 2)
Image/Robert Herriman

Kitchen towels and the factors that contribute to the growth of potential pathogens

By

Researchers from the University of Mauritius have shown that factors such as family size, type of diet, multi-usage of towels, among other factors, impact the growth of pathogens on kitchen towels, potentially...

Image/Robert Herriman

Multi-drug-resistant (MDR), colistin-resistant E. coli bacteria pervasive in Vietnam village

By

A new study has found that the majority of residents in a rural village of Vietnam harbored multi-drug-resistant (MDR), colistin-resistant E. coli bacteria. Colistin is typically used as a last-resort...

Image/CDC

Airborne flu virus protected by mucus: ‘Just as infectious at all humidity levels’

By

Mucus and other airway secretions that are expelled when a person with the flu coughs or exhales appear to protect the virus when it becomes airborne, regardless of humidity levels, a creative experiment...

Image/PublicDomainPictures via pixabay

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever: Is ribavirin an effective treatment? Researchers say they don’t know

By

In a viral haemorrhagic disease where up to 40% of people developing it die, it is remarkable that doctors still do not agree whether the only recognized treatment, an antiviral drug called ribavirin,...

UD researchers, Jodi Hadden and Juan Perilla, have used computer simulations to learn more about the capsid, or protein shell, that encloses the genetic blueprint of the hepatitis B virus. An image of the capsid shows how it is made up of 240 proteins. Image/University of Delaware/ Kathy F. Atkinson

New findings on hepatitis B could lead to treatments

By

Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at Indiana University, have gained new insights into the virus that causes hepatitis B — a life-threatening and incurable infection...

carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) /CDC

Infection Rates After Colonoscopy, Endoscopy: Johns Hopkins study finds some outpatient centers have infection risks 100 times higher than expected

By

The rates of infection following colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at U.S. outpatient specialty centers are far higher than previously believed, according to a Johns Hopkins study published...

A Tularemia lesion on the dorsal skin of right hand/CDC

How tularemia bacteria trick cells to cause disease: NIH research

By

Francisella tularensis is the bacterium that causes tularemia, a life-threatening disease spread to humans via contact with an infected animal or through mosquito, tick or deer fly bites.  As few as...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security find that a potential global catastrophic risk-level pandemic pathogen will most likely have a respiratory mode of transmission. Image/Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Global pandemic pathogen: Characteristics, host factors

By

Infectious disease preparedness work focuses predominantly on an historical list of pathogens derived from biological warfare agents, political considerations, and recent outbreaks. That fails to account...

National guidelines assume that all patients who're diagnosed with clinical sepsis in an emergency department will be admitted to the hospital for additional care, but new research has found that many more patients are being treated and released from the ED for outpatient follow-up than previously recognized. Image/Intermountain Medical Center

Sepsis patients treated and released from emergency departments do well with outpatient follow-up

By

National guidelines assume that all patients who’re diagnosed with clinical sepsis in an emergency department will be admitted to the hospital for additional care, but new research has found that...

Malaria life cycle/CDC

USC Engineers Develop New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument

By

According to the World Health Organization, over 216 million people were infected with malaria in 2016, and 445,000 individuals died from the disease. The key to solving this health crisis is early-stage...