New vaccine regimen shows promise against Chikungunya virus supriya kashyap kashyap3 April 2016 11:41 AM ISTResearchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a novel vaccine regimen that produces rapid and long-term protection against Chikungunya...
Human semen can carry Ebola virus 9 months after recovery supriya kashyap kashyap16 May 2016 2:54 PM ISTNew York : Ebola virus can persist in the semen of survivors of the epidemic for up to nine months after their recovery, said a new study.These...
HIV pill could cut infections in gay, bisexual men by a third supriya kashyap kashyap16 July 2016 2:02 PM ISTThe rate of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men could drop by up to a third over the next decade if enough eligible men take a drug that...
Early study shows malaria vaccine efficacy may improve by changing dosing schedule supriya kashyap kashyap8 Sept 2016 9:53 AM ISTResearchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and collaborators recently published results of a phase II study which demonstrated...
Malaria parasite evades rapid test detection in children supriya kashyap kashyap24 Nov 2016 9:53 AM ISTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one of the highest rates of people living with malaria. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) account for more...
HPV vaccine also prevents an uncommon childhood respiratory disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Nov 2017 7:20 PM ISTThe vaccine that protects against cancer-causing types of human papillomavirus (HPV) also prevents an uncommon but incurable childhood respiratory...
Saliva may be new preventive therapy for traveler's diarrhea Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 March 2018 7:25 PM ISTTraveler's diarrhea is caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and affects more than one billion cases each year.It is a cause of not only ...
Daily use of tenofovir gel may prevent genital herpes in women Hina Zahid1 March 2019 7:20 PM ISTDaily use of 1 per cent tenofovir gel may prevent genital herpes in women, according to a new study.The researchers examined the effect of vaginal...
New Zika Vaccine for adults granted fast track designation by FDA Deepanjana Sarkar21 Aug 2019 7:15 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to an investigational Zika vaccine (mRNA-1893) currently being...
Favipiravir and oseltamivir combo better than monotherapy in severe influenza Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Dec 2019 7:25 PM ISTChina: Favipiravir and oseltamivir combination therapy is better than oseltamivir alone for the treatment of severe influenza, a recent study...
