Feature Channels: Infectious Diseases

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Researchers from University of California San Diego and el Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Mexico have revealed a link between illicit fentanyl use and the transmission of hepatitis C (HCV) among people who inject drugs in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico.

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers used a mouse-adapted live influenza model to study how the mother's immune response affects fetal brain abnormalities in mice. The study offers a more realistic understanding than viral mimic models that have become standard in the field.

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For people with long COVID, a few weeks of symptoms stretches into months or even years, making a return to normal life feel impossible. The Long COVID Clinic aims to find solutions.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will showcase its broad diagnostics portfolio and host a series of customer-led workshops and presentations that highlight industry developments and the company’s latest innovations during the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine Conference (ADLM) July 28-Aug. 1, 2024, in Chicago, Ill.

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Recent reports of the Nipah virus in India have raised alarms as the country grapples with this deadly pathogen. The latest outbreak has resulted in the death of a teenager in Kerala, prompting heightened vigilance and public health responses.

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Over the last century, a once-deadly mosquito-borne virus has evolved so that it no longer sickens humans. New research shows that changes in the virus’s ability to target human cells paralleled the decline in illness and death. The findings offer important lessons in virology that may help guide better preparedness for future outbreaks of other viral diseases.

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Recent reports of the Nipah virus in India have raised alarms as the country grapples with this deadly pathogen. The latest outbreak has resulted in the death of a teenager in Kerala, prompting heightened vigilance and public health responses.

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Rates of subsequent myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) following an acute illness were roughly the same between people whose acute illness was due to COVID-19 and those who did not have COVID-19.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte scholars have found evidence that the latest variants of H5N1 influenza — commonly known as avian or bird flu — are better at evading antibodies, including those of humans, than previous iterations of the virus.

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Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, University of California San Diego and their international collaborators have reported that more types of lung cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously thought, including those without known viral receptors.

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Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. Yet PCR requires highly trained staff and costly equipment, hindering its availability, especially in low-resource settings. New research suggests a different kind of test could be more streamlined without sacrificing performance.

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Among the many challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented, disruptions in health care were among the most impactful. The pandemic was large-scale, lasted over two years, and resulted in millions of hospitalizations and 1.2 million deaths in the United States alone.

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A Cleveland Clinic-led study published in eBioMedicine reveals that maternal Zika virus infections can reprogram fetal immune development, leading to long-term consequences in children’s immunity.

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A wave of COVID-19 over the summer is becoming as reliable as sizzling heat.