Immunology

Thanks To Vaccination, Chickenpox Continues To Decline

Since the chickenpox vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995, there has been a large reduction in chickenpox cases. Hospitalizations and outpatient visits for chickenpox have continued their decline after a second dose of the vaccine was recommended ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2015 - 1:52pm

Lice Show Resistance To Common Treatments

For students, the start of the school year means new classes, new friends, homework and sports. It also brings the threat of head lice. The itch-inducing pests lead to missed school days and frustrated parents, who could have even more reason to be wary o ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2015 - 12:13pm

Flu Vaccines Provide Protection Throughout The Entire Flu Season

Individuals who received the flu vaccine were protected for up to 6 months post-vaccination, the duration of most flu seasons, according to a study presented at the 2015 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Each flu season, researcher ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 5:00pm

African Dams Linked To Over 1 Million Malaria Cases Annually

Over one million people in sub-Saharan Africa will contract malaria this year because they live near a large dam, according to a new study which, for the first time, has correlated the location of large dams with the incidence of malaria and quantified im ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2015 - 6:30am

Immune System Pathway Between Nature And Health

Research has found evidence that spending time in nature provides protections against a startling range of diseases, including depression, diabetes, obesity, ADHD, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and many more. How this exposure to green space leads to bet ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2015 - 7:30am

Dengue Epidemics And Strong El Nino Season

An international research team has shown that epidemics of dengue, which is caused by a mosquito-borne virus across southeast Asia, appear to be linked to the abnormally high temperatures brought by the El Niño weather phenomenon.  Now, as the most intens ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2015 - 7:00am

Antibiotic Resistance: Neither Doctors Nor Patients See Themselves As The Problem

Superbugs. MRSA. Hospital ward closures. Ten million people predicted to die. No new antibiotics. ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 15 2015 - 6:30am

Camels Test Positive For Virus That Causes MERS In Kenya

A new study has found that nearly half of camels in parts of Kenya have been infected by the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and calls for further research into the role they might play in the transmission of this emerging diseas ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 26 2015 - 9:00am

How Chickens Walk Holds Clues To How They Spread Disease

Plotting on a grid just how a chicken walks may one day give farmers more insight into how best to protect their flock from non-airborne pathogens that can also hurt their profit. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2015 - 8:30am

Building Immune System Memory

Vaccines help prevent disease by inducing immunological memory, the ability of immune cells to remember and respond more quickly when re-exposed to the same pathogen. While certain phases of the pathway are well understood, little is known about the role ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2015 - 1:25pm