2017年3月22日 · Tremendous strides have been made in the treatment and outlook for patients infected with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus. Treatment with a combination of antiretroviral drugs can keep patients with HIV alive for decades, without symptoms of the infection. The trouble is, if HIV-infected people stop taking their medications, the virus takes …

2017年4月24日 · Your immune system, once exposed to a virus, will then recognize and shut down the virus in the future before it causes a full-blown infection. A recent study published in Science suggests that prior infection with a flavivirus, like West Nile or Dengue, could result in more severe disease — and complications — in the case of a future ...

2017年2月17日 · At present, there is no cure for HIV, but drug therapies enable many HIV-positive patients to enjoy full lives. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , there are more than 12 million people in the US with HIV, and approximately one in eight individuals are unaware they are infected.

2017年6月22日 · The number of Legionnaires' cases in New York over the last couple weeks has led to concern and recommendations of ...

2017年3月28日 · When the mosquito that carries the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) bites someone, the parasite must travel to the liver where it undergoes part of its lifecycle before infecting red blood cells and spreading to its next host. Until now, the first step of how the parasite gets to the liver hasn't been clear. A group of researchers led by Dr. Justin Boddey, Dr. Sara …

2017年6月20日 · Streptococcus and staphylococcus bacteria produce toxins that can cause toxic shock syndrome. Originally associated with infections related to tampon use, today more than half of the infections are due to other types of infection. Skin infections, burns, and surgical sites can all become infected with bacteria that can lead to toxic shock syndrome. While it's been …

2017年5月6日 · Kids' Snot Provides Unlikely Path for Superbugs to Move from Farm to Community

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2017年8月24日 · Blowing dust and fungal spores are creating a public health problem that could be just a slice of what's to come with climate change. Spurring regional expansion of ticks, and mosquitoes, warming temperatures are also rising ocean temperatures that stir up atmospheric turbulence. Put together drought, dust, and a fungus named Coccidioides, and there could be …

Gonorrhea infections reached a peak in 1975, then decreased until 2009, when infection rate started rising and has increased each year since. With the rise of antibiotic resistance, those numbers are only going to get worse — unless we find new treatments against the bacteria.