Feature Channels: Infectious Diseases

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According to recent CDC data, cases are three times higher than this time last year. As kids head back to school, the bacterial illness is returning to pre pandemic levels. ...

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UC Davis Health researchers has discovered a novel bioelectrical mechanism pathogens like Salmonella use to find entry points in the gut lining that would allow them to pass and cause infection.

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Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and their collaborators in a nationwide study report that they have identified the most common long-COVID symptoms experienced by children ages 6 to 17 years old—and that they can objectively distinguish these symptoms by age.

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A new study that examined health data on 18 million people reveals higher incidence of mental illnesses for up to a year following severe COVID-19 in unvaccinated people.

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Over the last four years since the start of the pandemic, the Monell Chemical Senses Center, has developed different iterations of a rapid screening tool for detecting new-onset loss of smell. Since its launch in late 2020, several studies have validated its accuracy in detecting smell dysfunction and value as a tool for testing in large populations of people.

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The annual influenza vaccination provides updated protection against the virus but could be improved as there is large variability in its efficacy.

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While Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in the United States, other infections transmitted through tick bites are just as dangerous. One of these is the Powassan virus (POWV). Erich Mackow, PhD, a virologist at Stony Brook University, is conducting research in an attempt to uncover one the most dangerous effects of POWV – neurologic damage.

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The study highlights the remarkable resilience of older adults (median age 86) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disruptions to their routines led many to discover new hobbies like gardening and painting and explore virtual activities such as online yoga.

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March 2020 was a scary time for Adam Cardello and Zohra Ahmadi Cardello. It was the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their first child, Safaa Cardello, had just been born more than three months prematurely.

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A new animal study shows that exposure to immune-stimulating proteins left behind by COVID-19 leads to lower cortisol, brain inflammation and a heightened reaction to subsequent stressors.

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A unique influenza vaccine candidate that’s inhaled and based on technology developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers is safe and could bolster protection against seasonal and pandemic influenza for people vulnerable to severe disease when they receive it in addition to the annual flu shot.Those are the results of a randomized, controlled trial of the vaccine candidate, administered in nasal spray form in conjunction with the annual shot to a group of 65- to 85-year-olds in 2022.