A new study published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology reveals that CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing can cause greater genetic damage in cells than was previously thought. These results create safety implications for [Read more]
A team of researchers who specialize in visualizing molecular structures has developed a 3D model based on the 1918 H1 pandemic influenza virus. They say their research, which appears online in Scientific [Read more]
By Jacqueline K. Olive, Peter J. Hotez, Ashish Damania, Melissa S. Nolan Summary Points A social movement of public health vaccine opposition has been growing in the United States in recent years; [Read more]
Researchers are taking stock of the emergence of Usutu virus in Europe, a mosquito-borne virus that circulates between birds. It can attack the nervous system of certain birds, such as blackbirds, and [Read more]
Severe gaps in staffing and outdated coverage benchmarks point to an urgent need for evaluating and updating standards for infection preventionist (IP) staffing levels, according to two new studies that explored infection [Read more]
Stony Brook University has been selected as one of eight institutions charged by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with accelerating solutions to combat health security threats. Through the federal [Read more]
Characterized by the World Health Organization as a “neglected tropical disease,” leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Nearly a quarter of a million people are diagnosed with [Read more]
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in three humans carries Staphylococcus aureus, or “staph,” in our noses, and 2 percent of us carry the dreaded methicillin-resistant [Read more]
Unprecedented levels of immunosuppression in countries like Australia and the US must be considered in planning for the risk of smallpox re-emerging in the world, an expert in infectious diseases from the [Read more]
Researchers have developed a new non-human primate (NHP) animal model to study Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a viral disease spread by ticks in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of Europe. [Read more]
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