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Parvovirus B19 Transmission Increases Past Prepandemic Levels
Parvovirus B19 activity is exceeding prepandemic levels, and U.S. transmission of B19 through the first two ...
JULY 24, 2025
Viruses—Outnumbering the Stars
My first encounter with the power of a virus took place when I was 11 years old. I contracted a relatively mild ...
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Neurodegenerative Disease Risk Linked to Viral Exposure
Exposure to viral illnesses may increase the risk for neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), such as Alzheimer’s ...
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Risk Factors, Therapeutic Strategies and New Directions
After decades of scientific stagnancy, newly approved treatments for CMV in transplant patients and ongoing phase 3 ...
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Improving Hepatitis C Care Cascade in IV Drug Users
Many people who are infected with the HCV remain undiagnosed and untreated. Although those born between 1946 and ...
DECEMBER 16, 2019
How Close Are We to Curing HIV?
The research landscape for curing HIV has changed substantially since 2007. That was the year when Timothy Ray ...
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Matters of the HEART: Understanding the Effect of HIV Treatment on Cardiovascular Health
Earlier detection of HIV infection along with more effective highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) has ...
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Biktarvy: A Novel Single-Tablet, INSTI-Based Treatment
The FDA approved bictegravir, a second-generation integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) as part of a ...
DECEMBER 5, 2019
New Form of Genome Immunity Found in Koalas
Animals don’t have access to antimicrobials, so they depend on the immune system to fight infections. Studies ...
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Influenza Vaccination in Health Care Workers
Worldwide, up to 20% of all HCWs will develop serological evidence of acute influenza infection yearly. In stark ...
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Advances in HIV Therapy: What Is New and What Comes Next?
While simple, well-tolerated, effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been the standard of care for patients ...
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Rabies Immune Globulin: Ensuring Administration Safety
Every 9 minutes, a person dies of rabies,1 one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, for which there ...
OCTOBER 23, 2019
