Breakthrough research has found that Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections are more likely transmitted from asymptomatic throat carriage than skin-to-skin contact in communities with high rates of infection.
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Vaccination protects against severe COVID-19 but not against infection. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital now show that protection against infection with the new omicron variants is linked to mucosal ...
Jul 13, 2023
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In 2007, Yale pediatric neurosurgeon Steven Schiff, MD, visited his friend Benjamin Warf, MD, at the CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda. The scenes at the hospital stunned him: every day mothers came from all over the country ...
Jun 20, 2023
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A new analysis published in The Lancet Microbe shows how the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads from the nose to the air and surfaces in the immediate surroundings.
Jun 12, 2023
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A National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London study has confirmed that hands and surfaces could potentially transmit SARS-CoV-2 in a household setting. Published in The Lancet Microbe, the study, "Risk factors ...
A new Imperial College London-led study provides the first empirical evidence for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via people's hands and frequently touched household surfaces.
Apr 6, 2023
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Public health experts commonly track spikes in flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and rhinovirus circulating in a population through weekly reports from sentinel laboratories. These laboratories process samples from ...
Mar 24, 2023
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A National Institutes of Health research group with extensive experience studying ebolavirus countermeasures has successfully developed a vaccine against Sudan virus (SUDV) based on the licensed Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine. ...
Feb 3, 2023
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A new COVID-19 vaccine based on a different platform than current vaccines on the market has been tested in humans for the first time by researchers at Radboud university medical center. Administration of this vaccine in ...
Jan 25, 2023
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A promising approach to control Staphylococcus aureus bacterial colonization in people—using a probiotic instead of antibiotics—was safe and highly effective in a Phase 2 clinical trial. The new study, reported in The ...
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