New Malaria Vaccine Blocks Infection for Over One Year supriya kashyap kashyap11 May 2016 2:28 PM ISTNew York : An experimental malaria vaccine has been found to protect a small number of healthy people from infection for more than one year after...
Massive study on pregnant women launched to combat Zika virus supriya kashyap kashyap24 Jun 2016 2:27 PM ISTWashington : US researchers announced plans to conduct a vast study on health risks faced by pregnant women in areas where Zika virus is prevalent,...
Signs TB Can Persist in Lungs Despite Treatment: Research supriya kashyap kashyap9 Sept 2016 9:07 AM ISTPatients with active tuberculosis of the lungs, the infectious form of the disease known as pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), are typically treated with...
Modified experimental vaccine protects monkeys from deadly malaria Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 May 2017 10:35 AM ISTResearchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, modified an...
Scientists identify cause, possible treatment for life-threatening gut condition Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 July 2017 10:43 AM ISTInvestigators at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and international colleagues have discovered a genetic cause and potential treatment strategy...
Cases of unexplained anaphylaxis linked to red meat allergy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 Dec 2017 7:27 PM ISTWhile rare, some people experience recurrent episodes of anaphylaxis--a life-threatening allergic reaction that causes symptoms such as the...
Omalizumab found useful for multiple food allergies Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Dec 2017 7:05 PM ISTCombining a 16-week initial course of the medication omalizumab with oral immunotherapy (OIT) greatly improves the efficacy of OIT for children with...
NIH compares safety and efficacy of antiretroviral treatment regimens in pregnant women Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Jan 2018 7:05 PM ISTEvery year worldwide, an estimated 1.5 million women living with HIV give birth. Previous research has clearly demonstrated that antiretroviral...
Vaginal ring for HIV prevention reduces rate of infection by more than half : Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 March 2018 7:20 PM ISTDr. Jared Baeten, Professor of global health, medicine and epidemiology at the University of Washington in Seattle and associates conducted an...
Chikungunya vaccine - coming shortly Medha Baranwal Baranwal6 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTPaxVax, a leading independent specialty vaccine company, announced that it has received Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug...
Topical Bacteria therapy effective in Atopic dermatitis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 May 2018 7:15 PM ISTAtopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease common in children and sometimes resolves on its own could persist till adulthood. The main symptoms...
New vaccine developed for Lassa fever and rabies Hina Zahid15 Oct 2018 8:10 PM ISTScientists have developed a New vaccine designed to protect people from both Lassa fever and rabies.The scientists at Thomas Jefferson University in...
