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Poop Bacteria In Most Public Swimming Pools, USA
E. coli bacteria are present in over half of all public swimming pools, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. E. coli (Escherichia coli), a fecal indicator was found in 58% of pool samples, the CDC informed... (Medical News Today)

Infection And Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Identified Across The US
In the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest. Now, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first U.S... (Medical News Today)

The Role Of Double-Stranded RNA In Antiviral Host Defense Systems
Animals, insects, and plants use a variety of sensing mechanisms to detect invading pathogens such as viruses. One complex and effective antiviral defense system they share is based on recognition of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), often produced when a virus invades a host cell... (Medical News Today)

Hospital Stays, Costs, Reduced By Antibiotic Stewardship Program Using Mass Spec System
A co-author of a groundbreaking study documenting reductions in patient length of stay and overall costs from implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program using Bruker's MALDI Biotyper will share her observations at a Bruker symposium to be held during the upcoming American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting... (Medical News Today)

More Effective Treatment Of Complex Infections Likely With Cutting-Edge Bacteria Research
Bacteria are life forms, which, like all other life forms, struggle for the best living conditions for themselves. Therefore they will try to avoid getting attacked by the human immune system, and therefore they have developed various ways to protect themselves from the human immune system... (Medical News Today)

Diabetic Patients At Greater Risk From Superbug
Research by Anglia Ruskin microbiologist shows danger of antibiotic-resistant bacteria New research published this week in the Journal of Medical Microbiology highlights the danger posed to diabetic patients by the deadly superbug Acinetobacter baumannii. It was previously known that people with diabetes were at greater risk of contracting bacterial infections... (Medical News Today)

Widespread But Neglected Disease Leptospirosis A Significant Health Threat In Africa
The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose. Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded mongoose carries it. Leptospirosis is the world's most common illness transmitted to humans by animals. It's a two-phase disease that begins with flu-like symptoms... (Medical News Today)

Researchers Mine The Botulinum Genome In The Hope Of Disarming This Deadly Foe
The toxin that causes botulism is the most potent that we know of. Eating an amount of toxin just 1000th the weight of a grain of salt can be fatal, which is why so much effort has been put into keeping Clostridium botulinum, which produces the toxin, out of our food... (Medical News Today)

Huge Number Of Infections Prevented In Intensive Care Units
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that as many as 200,000 central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) have been prevented among patients in intensive care units (ICUs) since 1990... (Medical News Today)

Phase III Clinical Trial Results For Rotavirus Vaccine Developed In India
The Government of India's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Bharat Biotech announced positive results from a Phase III clinical trial of a rotavirus vaccine developed and manufactured in India. Data from the trial, presented at the International Symposium on Rotavirus Vaccines for India -The Evidence and the Promise, showed ROTAVAC® to have an excellent safety and efficacy profile... (Medical News Today)

New HPA Guidance Includes DIFICLIR™ (fidaxomicin) To Curb Clostridium Difficile infection
New antibiotic treatment recommended for all recurrent cases of potentially fatal hospital-acquired infection The Department of Health (DH) and Health Protection Agency (HPA) (Public Health England) have issued new best practice guidance recommending fidaxomicin, a first-in-class antibiotic for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) for the treatment of CDI in adults with CDI r... (Medical News Today)

Novel Coronavirus Might Spread Between Humans, Says World Health Organization
The Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) is emerging as a major challenge for countries across the world and experts from the various governments that have been affected are desperately looking for some form of guidance. A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that the virus may be able to spread by human-to-human contact... (Medical News Today)

Gut Bug May Prevent Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes
A Belgian-led study published in PNAS this week suggests Akkermansia muciniphila, an intestinal microbe that is important for maintaining the gut lining and how food is absorbed, could be used to prevent obesity and associated metabolic disorders, such as those that lead to type 2 diabetes. Our digestive tract is home to a vast and varied population of microbes... (Medical News Today)

Infants Born To Vaccinated Mothers May Lose Initial Measles Immunity Sooner Than Those Born To Unvaccinated Mothers
Dutch study findings support earlier vaccination of newborns at high risk for measles A new Dutch study suggests that infants born to mothers who received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine lose their initial immunity to measles--acquired from their mothers--sooner than infants born to mothers who were naturally infected with measles... (Medical News Today)

New Global Surveillance Tool Detects And Monitors Public Concerns About Vaccines In Real Time And Could Help Boost Vaccine Uptake
Scientists have developed a global media surveillance system that enables them to look for, and systematically monitor, up-to-the-minute public concerns and rumours about vaccines originating from 144 countries... (Medical News Today)

New Prospective Data Shows Over 90 Percent Fewer Major Cardiac Device Infections With TYRX Antibacterial Envelope Use
Use of TYRX, Inc... (Medical News Today)

Potential Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows Promise
A vaccine for Lyme disease may be on its way, following a promising phase 1/2 clinical trial from investigators at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine and Brookhaven National Laboratory... (Medical News Today)

A New Vaccine To Protect Against Multiple Strains of H7N9 Bird Flu Virus
A vaccine that provides wider protection against multiple strains of the bird flu virus, H7N9, is currently being worked on as the outbreak in China continues to get worse. In a news conference held by the World Health Organization (WHO), they cautioned the public that the H7N9 virus, which is responsible for the present outbreak, is one of the most fatal seen in the latest years... (Medical News Today)

The Interaction Of Social Amoeba And Bacteria Defined By Genes
Amoeba eat bacteria and other human pathogens, engulfing and destroying them - or being destroyed by them, but how these single-cell organisms distinguish and respond successfully to different bacterial classes has been largely unexplained... (Medical News Today)

A Strain Of The Bacteria Wolbachia May Stop Malaria
Mosquitoes are deadly efficient disease transmitters. Research conducted at Michigan State University, however, demonstrates that they also can be equally adept in curing diseases such as malaria. A study in the current issue of Science shows that the transmission of malaria via mosquitoes to humans can be interrupted by using a strain of the bacteria Wolbachia in the insects... (Medical News Today)

Antibiotic Prescribing Of Acute Rhinosinusitis Vary In United States Ambulatory Settings
Antibiotics for acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) are prescribed frequently - especially for younger adult patients and in primary care settings - despite recent consensus guidelines that discourage antibiotic use in mild cases, according to a study in the May 2013 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery... (Medical News Today)

Antibiotic Resistance Detected By New Biosensor
JoVE has published research that demonstrates how a biosensor can detect antibiotic resistance in bacteria. This new technology is a preliminary step in identifying and fighting superbugs, a major public health concern that has led to more deaths than AIDS in the United States in recent years. The technology is the result of collaboration between Dr... (Medical News Today)

Gene-Silencing Activity Discovery Could Lead To Treatment For Viral Infections, Cancers And Other Diseases
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has found how to boost or inhibit a gene-silencing mechanism that normally serves as a major controller of cells' activities. The discovery could lead to a powerful new class of drugs against viral infections, cancers and other diseases... (Medical News Today)

News From Frontiers In Physiology, Frontiers In Psychology, Frontiers In Microbiology
Frontiers in Physiology Flexible echolocation behavior of fishing bats during natural hunting situations It has been known for some time that fishing bats use echolocation to detect and classify acoustical cues from insects along and above water surfaces, and also to detect small water-dwelling prey breaking the water surface for a very short time... (Medical News Today)

Antifungal Therapy Could Benefit Nearly 5 Million Asthmatics Worldwide
An estimated 4,837,000 asthmatics with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) could benefit substantially from antifungal treatment, say researchers from the University of Toronto and Manchester University. Their work, published in the journal Medical Mycology, has also re-estimated the total number of asthmatics worldwide - to reveal a staggering 193 million sufferers... (Medical News Today)

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