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Nearly Half of Americans Believe H1N1 Outbreak is Over
The latest poll from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows that almost half of Americans believe the H1N1 flu outbreak is over (44 percent), and levels of concern about getting sick with the virus continue to decline. Few (18 percent) think it is "very likely" there will be another widespread outbreak of the H1N1 virus in ...(More)
2/5/2010
Researchers Complete In-Depth Study of the Malaria Parasite Genome
Groundbreaking research done at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) School of Biological Sciences (SBS) could lead to the development of more potent drugs or a vaccine for malaria, which is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes and kills up to three million people each year.Assistant professor Zbynek Bozdech and his team of researchers, including graduate students and post-doctorals from SBS' ...(More)
2/5/2010
Physicist the First to Measure Energy Released From a Virus During Infection
Within a virus's tiny exterior is a store of energy waiting to be unleashed. When the virus encounters a host cell, this pent-up energy is released, propelling the viral DNA into the cell and turning it into a virus factory. For the first time, Carnegie Mellon University physicist Alex Evilevitch has directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of ...(More)
2/5/2010
Road Mapping Could be Key to Curing TB
The complex chain of metabolic events in bacteria that lead to fatal diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) may be better understood using mathematical models, according to an article published in the February issue of Microbiology Today. Scientists at the University of Surrey are using this new ‘systems biology’ approach to try and understand the metabolic changes that occur in the ...(More)
2/5/2010
IDSA: President's FY 2011 Budget Falls Far Short on Infectious Diseases Programs
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) says it is disappointed that President Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget fails to strengthen key U.S. public health and research initiatives, and adds that the nation's ability to prevent, diagnose and treat an ever-increasing number of infectious diseases threats will be severely diminished under the President's budget. The IDSA calls upon Congress ...(More)
2/5/2010
Nation's First 'Cocoon Strategy' Vaccination Program Delivers 10,000th Immunization
Physicians from the Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research at Texas Children's Hospital reported that 10,000 Tdap immunizations have been administered to immediate family members of newborn babies at part of the nation's first and only major "cocoon strategy" vaccination program. Designed to protect infants from the life-threatening and highly contagious pertussis (whooping cough) infection, the program aims to vaccinate ...(More)
2/4/2010
Seniors are Not Immunized Against Pneumonia
A new report, “Adult Immunization: Shots to Save Lives,” released today by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) found that more than 30 percent of adults ages 65 and older had not been immunized against pneumonia in 36 states as of 2008. The Centers for Disease ...(More)
2/4/2010
Study Supports Seasonal Influenza Vaccine for Infants
Vaccination against seasonal influenza is safe and produces a protective immune response in infants as young as 6 to 12 weeks, concludes a study in the February issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.Although confirmatory studies are needed, the results suggest that seasonal flu vaccine could be included in the standard vaccinations for infants less than 6 months old, according ...(More)
2/4/2010
Safety Checklist Continues to Keep Hospital Infections in Check
The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals' intensive care units, has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero — even three years after first adopting the standardized procedures. A report on the work is being published in ...(More)
2/4/2010
SHEA Issues Statement on Hospital Infection Rates Report
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) today issued the following statement regarding an article in the March 2010 issue of Consumer Reports: “The report released by Consumer Reports on infection rates in healthcare facilities highlights the importance of transparent public reporting to engaging patients in the healthcare process and aiding their healthcare decisions. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology ...(More)
2/3/2010
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