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Columbia researchers extract live MERS coronavirus from Dromedary camels

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NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2014—There is new, more definitive evidence implicating camels in the ongoing outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. Scientists at the Center for Infection and...

Princeton researcher to conduct meningitis B vaccine study

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Princeton University received attention back in March 2013 following eight cases of infection from serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, and a total of nine cases associated with the university....

Credit card sized anthrax detector developed

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PRESS RELEASE A credit-card-sized anthrax detection cartridge developed at Sandia National Laboratories and recently licensed to a small business makes testing safer, easier, faster and cheaper. Bacillus...

Senegal Makes Great Progress In Battle Against Tse Tse Fly Using Sterile Insect Technique

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A campaign against the tsetse fly, a pest that transmits a disease that devastates livestock, in the Niayes area near the capital Dakar has radically reduced the fly population and is paving the way for...

Three parasitic diseases diagnosed using a simple “dipstick” method appears promising

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During the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, scientists from SRI International discussed the development of a simple, inexpensive 3 in 1 test to diagnose three related parasitic...

Is frequent contact with cows a bacterial risk for women?

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This is suggested in a study in the journal PLoS One. A team of researchers from Michigan State University published finding that Group B streptococcus may be a zoonotic disease, transmitted from cows...

Hospital infections are deadly and expensive according to study

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According to a study released in the Archives of Internal Medicine, health care-associated infections affect nearly two millions hospitalizations annually. Researchers from Resources for the Future, the...

Wrestlers risk of MRSA exposure increases dramatically during tournaments

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An analysis by Surgical and Wound Care Company, Molnlycke Health Care, shows that high school and college wrestlers that participate in tournaments are 16 times more likely to be exposed to Methicillin...

Majority of pregnancies worldwide in malaria zones

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In a study by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, researchers determined that at least 60% of pregnant women worldwide are from malaria endemic areas. In an effort to reduce the burden of malaria...

New technology could increase speed of TB diagnosis

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A new diagnostic system coming out of South Africa could improve the speed and efficiency of the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the near future. The system called TBDx, developed by the Aurum Institute,...