The hidden infections that refuse to go away: How household practices can stop deadly diseases

A 13-year study led by the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz reveals why a deadly ...

How strep throat may trigger autoimmune disease

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into ...
BioTechniques

Using NGS for infectious disease diagnosis and public health surveillance

Michael Weinstein (left) is a senior bioinformatics scientist at Tecan (Männedorf, Switzerland) based in Denver (CO, USA). In this interview, Michael discusses how next-generation sequencing (NGS) can ...
New Scientist

Blood test could tell if a fever is due to infection or other diseases

A blood test can determine whether a fever is caused by bacteria, viruses or an inflammatory disease using changes in gene activity. About three-quarters of children hospitalised for fever don’t ...
Scientific American

HPV Infection May Increase the Risk of Heart Disease. Could Vaccination Lower It?

Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes nearly 38,000 cancers a year, including most cervical and throat cancers. Now recent research suggests HPV infection also increases the risk of heart disease. An ...
Healio

Collaboration between antibiotic stewardship, infection prevention is imperative

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As I head into my 25th year of working as a clinical infectious diseases pharmacist, one of the most important ...