Newswise Feature Channel: Infectious Diseases

Less Than Half of Parents Think They Have Accurate Information About Bird Flu

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:15:00 EST

With soaring egg prices and ongoing bird flu headlines, many parents are uncertain about the risks and facts surrounding the virus, a national poll suggests.

NM ME: Gene Hackman Died of Heart Disease, Wife From Hantavirus. Hackensack Meridian Experts Can Comment on #Hantavirus

Hackensack Meridian Health — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:10:13 EST

Expert Available: COVID-19: Remembrance, Grief and Loss

George Washington University — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:25:50 EST

Since May 2020, researchers at the George Washington University have been studying COVID-19 death, memorialization and misinformation. The project, "Rituals in the Making," aims to learn more about how rituals changed during the pandemic, how we honored those who died and the impact on frontline workers and families.

Wayne State University Experts Available to Offer Insights on Measles Outbreak

Wayne State University Division of Research — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:05:50 EST

An Aerosol Test for Airborne Bird Flu

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:40:40 EST

Researchers in ACS Sensors have developed a prototype sensor that detects a type of influenza virus that causes bird flu (H5N1) in air samples. The low-cost handheld sensor detects the virus at levels below an infectious dose and could lead to rapid aerosol testing for airborne avian influenza.

Chemo-Immunotherapy Approach Shows Potential Benefit in Patients with Advanced HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer

University of Chicago Medical Center — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:30:40 EST

Chemotherapy and immunotherapy followed by de-escalated chemoradiation showed increased survival and reduced side effects in aggressive head and neck cancers that are not associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, according to a new study.

The Medical Minute: Measles Makes a Comeback. Your Questions Answered

Penn State Health — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:45:44 EST

Measles cases are rising in the U.S., with Pennsylvania reporting its first case this year. A Penn State Health pediatric infectious disease physician answers your questions about the highly contagious virus and why vaccination remains the best defense.

Drs. Dirajlal-Fargo and Fant Named Co-Directors of Center for Global Pediatric Health

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:45:11 EST

The Center for Global Pediatric Health's activities will include collaboration between the Havey Institute for Global Health and Lurie Children's.

Neurosurgery Urges Collaboration on NIH Indirect Cost Policy

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:40:18 EST

The AANS, CNS, and over 40 other leading medical organizations sent a joint letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), expressing concerns over the agency's new policy imposing a 15% cap on indirect cost rates for all NIH grants.

A Veterinarian Who Specializes in Dairy Cows Talks About Avian Influenza

Tufts University — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:30:21 EST

David Hernke, D.V.M., V08, is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, who's based in Woodstock, Connecticut with the Tufts Veterinary Field Service. The VFS is an ambulatory large animal veterinary practice that works with farms throughout New England to keep cattle, sheep, and other animals healthy.

ATS Breathe Easy - the Latest: Collaborating with Public Health Officials During Outbreaks

American Thoracic Society (ATS) — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:25:59 EST

ATS Breathe Easy - The Latest: Collaborating with Public Health Officials During Outbreaks

New HIV Vaccine Candidate Discovered with Help From Argonne's Advanced Photon Source

Argonne National Laboratory — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:40:07 EST

Protein crystallization at the SER-CAT beamline at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source proved key to the discovery of a new HIV vaccine candidate.

COVID-19 vs. Non-COVID-19: Outcomes Differ Among Patients Who Require ECMO

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:55:27 EST

Patients hospitalized with severe pneumonia who required ECMO had worse outcomes when their diagnosis included COVID-19, including higher mortality, longer hospital stays, higher costs of care and greater likelihood of being discharged to places other than home, according to a new study that examined six years of national inpatient data.

Lessons Learned From COVID-19

Corewell Health — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:50:16 EST

There's nothing like a crisis to pull people together, and that's exactly what COVID-19 did for hospitals and health care workers. As Corewell Health acknowledges the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, physicians and others reflect on how the crisis improved hospitals and changed those who work in them.

Study: Smartwatches Could End the Next Pandemic

Aalto University — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:30:00 EST

Everyday smartwatches are extremely accurate in detecting viral infection long before symptoms appear -- now, research shows how they could help stop a pandemic before it even begins.

Five Years Later, COVID-19 Still Claims Millions of Lives

George Washington University — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:30:56 EST

Experts from the George Washington University are available to comment on all aspects of the five year anniversary of the pandemic. ...

What Parents Should Know About the 2024-25 Flu Season

Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:50:08 EST

A common sentiment you've probably heard floating around schools, daycares, and online parenting forums this season: "The flu is brutal this year!" Flu season runs from October through May, with the worst months being December through February. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows very high influenza activity in California and across the country.

New Biosensor Can Detect Airborne Bird Flu in Under Five Minutes

Washington University in St. Louis — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:05:50 EST

As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ways to monitor for infections, in real time, to mitigate and respond to outbreaks.

COVID-19, 5 Years On: Lingering Impacts and Pandemic Preparedness

University of Michigan — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:10:02 EST

March 11 will mark five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. University of Michigan experts look back on successes and failures in public health and medicine; discuss continued effects in education, business and society; and offer insights on how prepared we are for a future pandemic.

Recruitment of First Caspar Wistar Fellow to Join HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center

Wistar Institute — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:05:38 EST

Colby Maldini, Ph.D., who joins Wistar's HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center as a Caspar Wistar Fellow