Emerging Diseases News

One subcutaneous dose of an experimental monoclonal antibody protected children from infection and clinical malaria during a 6-month malaria season in Mali, according to phase 2 results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

WHO recently updated its definition of airborne transmission, expanding the list of pathogens that can be spread through the air.

HOUSTON — Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, has been working in vaccine development for more than 40 years.

BOSTON — The emergence of infectious diseases can be tied to events like climate change, social change and political trends, according to an expert.

Researchers have found that AI platforms perform better when given clear, unambiguous prompts. This was the case when clinicians at Rutgers University tested ChatGPT’s ability to create poems that could be used in medical education.

Moderna announced positive interim results from a phase 3 trial of its next-generation COVID-19 vaccine, which the company said will help pave the way for its combination shot against COVID-19 and influenza.

Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency following a spike in cases of dengue.

A task force supported by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society recently published the first guidance for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in children in the vaccine era.

Cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children increased by nearly two-thirds last fall, aligning with an increase in COVID-19 activity, according to a study published in MMWR.

Zika virus is an important mosquito-borne pathogen with significant public health concerns. Zika vaccine development is an ongoing area of research with several candidates in the pipeline.