Emerging Diseases News

DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, researchers said after discovering bacteria and infectious disease DNA in penis sheaths.

The baseline seroprevalence of Jamestown Canyon virus antibodies in blood donated by people living in endemic areas was relatively high, which could complicate diagnosing people with active infections, researchers said.

The economic burden of long COVID may exceed $2 billion and reach nearly $31 billion when symptoms last between 1 and 3 years, and researchers say these numbers will likely continue to grow as COVID-19 cases increase.

VIENNA — Schistosoma haematobium can trigger cancer-related gene activity in the cervix, increasing the risk for cervical cancer, according to data presented at the ESCMID Global meeting.

Healio will have live coverage of this year’s ESCMID Global, one of the largest medical conferences dedicated to infectious diseases and clinical microbiology in the world.

Clinical Infectious Diseases has launched a new series that will provide an in-depth look at real-life complex cases and the associated diagnostic and management decisions that ID clinicians deal with regularly.

A colleague who spends summers in New Mexico, where there is an ongoing measles outbreak, had a question for Healio’s infectious diseases news team: If she was vaccinated against measles in the 1960s, does she need another shot?

SAN FRANCISCO — Ensitrelvir reduced transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by 67% when given to uninfected household contacts of a person with COVID-19 within 3 days of that person developing symptoms, researchers reported.

An analysis by WHO and UNICEF revealed that measles cases topped 127,350 across Europe in 2024, doubling the cases from 2023 and marking the highest number of measles cases reported since 1997.