The LAMP test for malaria was deemed highly sensitive and accurate in the United Kingdom according to a research study recently published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. The study conducted to research the LAMP test, which stands for loop-mediated … Read More »
UNICEF announced on May 7 that its efforts to vaccinate children in remote regions of Afghanistan are beginning to show signs of success. Akram, a 4-year old in Afghanistan, is an example of how UNICEF is reaching people and changing … Read More »
Life-saving vaccines against diseases like rotavirus and hepatitis B could avert more than 23 million deaths by 2020, according to a study by the GAVI Alliance recently published in Vaccine. The new analysis predicts that between 2011 and 2020, vaccines … Read More »
A new malaria test was found to detect malaria in a very low threshold in infected people in both clinical and remote settings, according to articles recently published in the Journal for Infectious Diseases. The test, which is called loop-mediated … Read More »
Oxitec’s innovate approach to pest control was proven 96 percent effective against dengue mosquitoes in Mandacaru, Bahia State Brazil in a recent study by Moscamed. Scientists from Oxitec partnered with Moscamed and the University of Sao Paulo to carry out … Read More »
Nurses at St. Luke’s hospital in New York claimed on Saturday that there are several cases of a new SARS-like virus in the hospital’s ICU. This is one of many new reports of the coronavirus. Most notably, there has been … Read More »
The National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease commemorated HIV Vaccine Awareness Day on Saturday by recounting progress made against the deadly disease. Between 2001 and 2011, the annual HIV infection rate worldwide dropped 22 percent as a result of … Read More »
Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were more effective against the disease also known as whooping cough than acellular vaccines during a recent outbreak in California, according to a recent Kaiser Permanente study. The study examined 10- to 17-year-olds who received pertussis vaccines … Read More »