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Aluminum vaccines cleared of long-term health risks

Findings from a cohort of 1.2 million children indicate aluminum-adsorbed vaccines do not raise the risk of autism, asthma, or autoimmune diseases.

17 Jul 2025

Gut pathogens override chemical repulsion and invade

The research redefines indole's function, showing its exploitation by Salmonella for colonization, highlighting complex bacterial interactions in the gut.

17 Jul 2025

Vaccinated women face fewer cervical cancer risks

The HPV vaccine demonstrates strong long-term protection against cervical cancer, yet the study underscores the necessity of ongoing screening for all women.

17 Jul 2025

Measles outbreaks surge worldwide, driven by declining immunization coverage

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading human and animal virologists from 80+ Centers of Excellence and Affiliates in more than 40 countries, is sounding the alarm over a sharp resurgence of measles cases in the United States and globally.

17 Jul 2025

endTB-Q trial highlights importance of individualized regimens

Some patients with highly drug-resistant tuberculosis could benefit from a shorter treatment with fewer drugs while others may warrant more aggressive therapy, according to the findings of a new study led by an international group of researchers including scientists from Harvard Medical School and conducted across six countries in Asia, Africa, and South America.

17 Jul 2025

New study maps bacterial communication to fight MRSA infections

Imagine two people talking over a walkie-talkie set. Successful communication depends on them being tuned to the same frequency.

16 Jul 2025

Staph bacterium possesses a surprising level of metabolic redundancy, study reveals

In the ongoing battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, MSU researchers have made a discovery that could reshape how we target deadly pathogens like staph infections.

16 Jul 2025

Routine vaccines may be the key to fighting antibiotic resistance

A study reveals that rising vaccine coverage in children is linked to reduced antibiotic prescriptions, suggesting a shift in the fight against drug resistance.

16 Jul 2025

MSU researchers uncover how superfungus Candida auris evades antifungal drugs

A groundbreaking study from Michigan State University (MSU), recently published in Nature Communications, has revealed how the multidrug-resistant superfungus Candida auris uniquely reconstructs its cell wall to survive antifungal treatments.

15 Jul 2025

TB bacteria can play dead to outlast the immune response, study reveals

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling it can cause in babies and toddlers.

15 Jul 2025

U.S. could safely end routine adult tetanus and diphtheria shots, review suggests

The United States could safely drop tetanus and diphtheria booster shots for adults and save an estimated $1 billion a year, according to a new review led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University.

15 Jul 2025

NIH awards major grant to advance mucormycosis research

The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA (TLI) announced today that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a new grant (P01AI186818) to Dr. Ashraf S. Ibrahim, PhD, a TLI Investigator, a Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and a leading authority on mucormycosis pathogenesis.

15 Jul 2025

Senegal becomes ninth African country to eliminate trachoma

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO's African Region to have achieved this feat.

15 Jul 2025

Infectious disease outbreaks erode trust in political institutions

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn the attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, bringing to mind similarly impactful events like the Black Plague in early modern Europe or the Spanish Flu after World War I.

15 Jul 2025

Person-focused approach explains distinct autism genetic subtypes

Research identifies four autism classes driven by different genes, enhancing understanding of ASD's genetic complexity and improving diagnostic approaches.

15 Jul 2025

Light-activated drug discovery identifies broad-spectrum antivirals

UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators from campus biotech spinoff Integrated Biosciences, as well as Harvard, MIT and genomics company Illumina Ventures are using optogenetics - the use of light to probe the functions of living tissue - to find compounds to help our bodies more effectively help themselves in times of physiological stress.

15 Jul 2025

Genetic secrets of Spanish flu revealed through century-old sample

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic in Switzerland.

14 Jul 2025

Dual targeting of lipid kinases offers hope against emerging viruses

Lipid kinases are enzymes that play a critical role in both cell signalling and membrane trafficking by phosphorylating lipid molecules in the body.

14 Jul 2025

New WHO guidelines recommend injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention

The World Health Organization (WHO) released today new guidelines recommending the use of injectable lenacapavir (LEN) twice a year as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) option for HIV prevention, in a landmark policy action that could help reshape the global HIV response.

14 Jul 2025

EAGLE model predicts key lung cancer mutations from routine biopsy

With EAGLE, lung cancer biopsy analysis is expedited, accurately predicting EGFR mutations and streamlining the diagnostic process for better patient outcomes.

14 Jul 2025