HIV & AIDS
An aspirin a day may keep HIV away, study finds
An affordable, globally available drug – low-dose Aspirin – shows promise as a new approach to preventing HIV transmission, a University of Manitoba study has found.
Aug 10, 2018
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News tagged with transmission rates
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Massive data analysis shows what drives the spread of flu in the US
Using several large datasets describing health care visits, geographic movements and demographics of more than 150 million people over nine years, researchers at the University of Chicago have created models that predict ...
Feb 27, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
PrEP could make US easily hit its 2020 HIV prevention goal, study finds
If just a quarter of men who have same-sex intercourse and are at a high risk for HIV used daily preventive medicine, three out of every 10 HIV infections could be averted, according to a new Drexel University study.
Dec 13, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola: Lives to be saved with new management approach
Ebola outbreaks are set to be managed quickly and efficiently - saving lives - with a new approach developed by an international team of researchers, including the University of Warwick, which helps to streamline outbreak ...
May 15, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Anti-viral treatment during pregnancy reduces HBV transmission from mother to child
An analysis of published studies indicates that the antiviral drug tenofovir given to pregnant women in the second or third trimester can help prevent mother to child transmission of the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Apr 24, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
HIV hijacks common cells to spread infection
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), together with collaborators in Europe, discovered that a common type of cell within the human reproductive and intestinal tracts ...
Feb 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New analysis explores the geographical origins of the flu
A computer model developed by scientists at the University of Chicago shows that small increases in transmission rates of the seasonal influenza A virus (H3N2) can lead to rapid evolution of new strains that spread globally ...
Sep 13, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Very low transmission of HIV within couples receiving both ART and PrEP
Providing HIV medication to both members of a couple may substantially reduce the risk of transmission within that couple, according to a study in PLOS Medicine.
Aug 23, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Number of HIV infections falling in United States, but fails to meet reduction goals
The number of new HIV infections occurring annually in the United States decreased by an estimated 11 percent from 2010 to 2015, while the HIV transmission rate decreased by an estimated 17 percent during the same time period, ...
May 3, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study estimates transmission of deadly C. diff infection
A severe disease caused by the C. difficile bacteria affects more than 250,000 patients in hospitals each year, but little is known about how it is transmitted. A Yale-led study estimates transmission rates inside and outside ...
Mar 17, 2016
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