High rate of antibiotic use in low-income countries ‘alarming’

A new study has found that between 2007 and 2017, children in eight low- and middle-income countries received, on average, 25 antibiotic prescriptions from birth through age 5 — up to five times higher than the already high levels observed in high-income settings.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Dec. 16, 2019 • ~5 min

Infants with high fever have double the risk of infection

Infants younger than eight weeks who have a high fever are at a higher risk of bacterial infection, research finds.

Barbara Schindo-Penn State • futurity
Oct. 7, 2019 • ~4 min

First video of viruses assembling released

For the first time, Harvard researchers have captured images of individual viruses forming, offering a real-time view into the kinetics of viral assembly.

Leah Burrows • harvard
Oct. 2, 2019 • ~5 min

Why some people don’t get sick from viruses like dengue

Why do some people get sick with flaviviral infections like dengue fever while others don't? New research offers an explanation.

National University of Singapore • futurity
July 17, 2019 • ~3 min

Harvard scientists uncover key allowing deadly viruses to replicate

Scientists uncover a key mechanism that allows some of the deadliest human RNA viruses to replicate, and it resides in the tail end of the viruses. The findings identify new targets to inhibit viral replication and may inform the development of a new class of antiviral drugs.

Ekaterina Pesheva • harvard
May 17, 2019 • ~5 min

Tropical disease to ride mosquitoes really far north

Places where tropical diseases are now unknown—Canada and parts of Northern Europe, for instance—are due to become prime real estate for mosquitoes.

Steve Orlando-Florida • futurity
March 29, 2019 • ~5 min

Dengue antibodies may make Zika worse for offspring

"...previous immunity of the mother to dengue could be a risk factor for severe outcomes in infants" resulting from Zika exposure.

Federico Graciano-NUS • futurity
March 4, 2019 • ~4 min

Stuffed mosquitoes are less likely to take a bite

A new discovery could make mosquitoes feel more full—and safer to be around.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Feb. 11, 2019 • ~6 min

Dengue immunity may cut Zika infection risk

New research in Brazil suggests that people with immunity to the dengue virus may have reduced risk of Zika.

Rachel Wayne-Florida • futurity
Feb. 11, 2019 • ~3 min

Dengue infection could shield kids from Zika disease

A past dengue virus infection could keep children safe from developing symptomatic Zika disease, researchers report.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 25, 2019 • ~4 min

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