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A College of Medicine researcher is developing a new antibiotic related to penicillin to treat tuberculosis (TB) and related lung infections. Kyle Rohde, an infectious disease expert, recently received a $3.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to create new antibiotics that target mycobacterial infections caused by pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium abscessus. […]

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/mount-sinai-study-amon.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/mount-sinai-study-amon.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI163402″> Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI163402 Influenza infection (flu) is a major cause of death around the world, especially during years of flu pandemics. People who die of the flu often have a secondary lung infection with Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria that […]

Last winter, a particularly severe season of RSV overwhelmed pediatric hospitals with a surge of sick infants struggling to breathe as their lungs filled with secretions. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, can be especially dangerous for preterm infants as well as those with underlying medical conditions, but research published Tuesday underscores that healthy babies are […]

Share on PinterestCould a new vaccine targeting the Epstein-Barr virus help prevent MS and various cancers? Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images Researchers developed a vaccine for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which is linked to a 32-fold higher risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). They found that the vaccine induced a strong immune against EBV that lasted seven months […]

It’s a common ritual of summer: with the warm weather comes more outdoor activities, and more encounters with disease-spreading pathogens. A summer favorite? In the U.S., the Lyme disease-carrying blacklegged tick. And with a new batch of celebrities reporting infections this summer—model Bella Hadid, singer Shania Twain, and actress Riley Keough—it’s worth taking stock of […]

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are some of the leading causes of mortality from infection worldwide.1 Mortality rates may increase further with delays in initiation of antimicrobial therapy, which makes reduction in broad-spectrum antibiotic use in the initial empiric phase of treatment challenging.2 However, excessive duration of antibiotic treatment poses challenges and is associated with adverse drug […]

COVID-19 infections may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada, new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests. “There are signs of continued fluctuations in some COVID-19 activity indicators after a long period of gradual decline,” the agency’s online epidemiology update said on Tuesday. “This may be an early sign of […]

Several local health districts have reported infected mosquitoes, but this is the first human case in the Austin area. WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — The Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD) is reporting the first human case of West Nile virus so far this year. The WCCHD said the patient is a female resident of […]