Scientists identify warning signs over effectiveness of HIV ‘wonder drug’ in sub-Saharan Africa

Dolutegravir, the current first-line treatment for HIV, may not be as effective as hoped in sub-Saharan Africa, suggests new research published on World AIDS

---

infectious-diseases drug-resistance

Discovery of shape of the SARS-CoV-2 genome after infection could inform new COVID-19 treatments

Scientists at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Justus-Liebig University, Germany, have uncovered how the genome of SARS-CoV-2 - the

---

infectious-diseases covid-19 coronavirus

Why it takes guts to protect the brain against infection

The brain is uniquely protected against invading bacteria and viruses, but its defence mechanism has long remained a mystery. Now, a study in mice, confirmed

---

spotlight-on-neuroscience infectious-diseases animal-research neuroscience immunology

Focus on COVID-19 deaths in under-65’s for better insights into infection rates across populations, say researchers

Simply comparing the total number of deaths across countries may provide a misleading representation of the underlying level of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the

---

infectious-diseases covid-19 coronavirus

Drug-resistant hospital bacteria persist even after deep cleaning, genomic study reveals

Scientists have used genome sequencing to reveal the extent to which a drug-resistant gastrointestinal bacterium can spread within a hospital, highlighting the

---

infectious-diseases hospital drug-resistance genomics

‘Mini-lungs’ reveal early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection

‘Mini-lungs’ grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a team of scientists from South Korea and the UK with important insights into how

---

stem-cells infectious-diseases covid-19 coronavirus lung

Lockdown or not, personality predicts your likelihood of staying home during the pandemic

Despite more of the population staying at home as government policies on COVID-19 become stricter, a study has found that a person’s personality influences how

---

infectious-diseases covid-19 coronavirus

How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone

As ready as you are to be done with COVID-19, it's not going anywhere soon. A historian of disease describes how once a pathogen emerges, it's usually here to stay.

---

influenza history-of-medicine infectious-diseases epidemiology public-health covid-19 coronavirus hivaids pandemic malaria hiv tuberculosis plague vaccines measles sars-cov-2 vaccination disease severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-sars black-death global-pandemic ebola-virus covid-19-pandemic middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-mers smallpox emerging-diseases disease-outbreaks smallpox-eradication disease-eradication coronaviruses leprosy endemic history-of-public-health disease-modeling

What you – and doctors – should watch for if you have COVID-19

With a COVID-19 outbreak in the White House, people are watching the health of President Trump and many others. A doctor explains the possible course for this unpredictable disease.

---

infectious-diseases covid-19 coronavirus trump-covid consumer-health

History tells us trying to stop diseases like COVID-19 at the border is a failed strategy

The US response to the coronavirus was slow and problematic, but it also was rooted in a 19th-century way of viewing public health.

---

infectious-diseases covid-19 coronavirus pandemic quarantine outbreak epidemics cdc disease-control yellow-fever