Infectious Disease

In a large-scale trial, Sanofi's Fluzone High-Dose vaccine demonstrated efficacy in preventing influenza specifically in adults aged 65 years or older.

Chronic lung disease may increase the risk of developing lung cancer, independently of tobacco use and other known risk factors.

The high cost of treating hepatitis C with sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) has received a lot of attention in the literature.

Roughly one-third of teen girls' clinicians and almost half of teen boys' clinicians did not recommend HPV vaccination in 2013.

FDA stresses that dietary supplements cannot prevent or cure the Ebola virus.

World Health Organization cautions outbreak could last for several months.

Vaccine developed by Canadian government could be mass produced within months.

World Health Organization declaration assures drug manufacturers that there will be a market for Ebola medications.

Supply of ZMapp now gone as death toll climbs above 1000.

Several treatments for hemorrhagic fever are in different stages of development.

Clinical hold on Tekmira's Ebola treatment changed to partial hold by the FDA.

The World Health Organization will examine an unproven Ebola treatment that showed promise in 2 Americans infected with the virus.

Efforts to halt the spread of Ebola continue as a Saudi Arabian man suspected of having the virus adds to the climbing death toll in West Africa.

Just 20 or 30 years ago, mention of vitamin supplementation caused many health care professionals to talk about creating "expensive urine." Today, however, vitamin and nutrient supplementation has become an important health care intervention.

A New York man who showed symptoms of Ebola has been deemed unlikely to have the virus.

Since the introduction of routine rotavirus vaccination in 2006, rates of diarrhea-related hospitalizations in US children have decreased significantly.

The number of measles cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the first 5 months of 2014 is the highest reported for that period since 1994.

A public hospital in Florida that struggled to control antibiotic-resistant infections for almost 2 decades finally succeeded by sending regular detailed emails to hospital leaders and intensive care unit personnel.

A small study suggests that pertussis vaccination during pregnancy increases antibody concentration in infants without increasing the rate of adverse reactions.

A report finds that childhood vaccinations, boosted by the Vaccines for Children program, will prevent 322 million illnesses and 21 million hospitalizations throughout the lives of children born in the last 2 decades.

By offering quick and convenient tests for diseases such as influenza, HIV, and hepatitis C, community pharmacies could help improve prevention and treatment.

A new study finds that 73% of children who developed Clostridium difficile infection were prescribed antibiotics in the 12 weeks prior to diagnosis, and 71% of cases were community-associated.

Patients who received the antiviral medications within 2 days of symptom onset had particularly reduced rates of death compared with those who received them later or not at all, a meta-analysis finds.

Research from the United Kingdom suggests that getting the influenza vaccine, especially early in the flu season, significantly reduces one's risk of stroke.

Getting childhood vaccinations according to the recommended schedule appears to reduce the risk of hospitalization for infections, according to the results of a Danish study.

Up to half of antibiotics prescribed in the United States may be unnecessary, leading to avoidable adverse events and development of antibiotic resistance and attendant costs.

A Danish study finds that vaccination against the human papillomavirus is associated with reduced rates of precancerous cervical lesions in young women.