Tuberculosis on the rise for first time in decades after COVID-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality

Tuberculosis is a preventable and curable disease, yet before the pandemic, it killed more people than any other infectious disease.

Carlos Franco-Paredes, Associate Faculty Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Colorado State University • conversation
July 7, 2023 • ~8 min

Sepsis is one of the most expensive medical conditions in the world – new research clarifies how it can lead to cell death

An overactive immune response to infection can be deadly. Studying how one key player called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF, induces lethal immune responses could provide new treatment targets.

Hayley Muendlein, Research Assistant Professor of Immunology, Tufts University • conversation
Dec. 23, 2022 • ~7 min

Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert – a virologist explains the history of this dreaded disease

Health officials say the new case of polio in New York state and the presence of poliovirus in the municipal wastewater suggests that hundreds more could already be infected with the disease.

Rosemary Rochford, Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
Sept. 7, 2022 • ~10 min

What is listeria? A microbiologist explains the bacterium behind recent deadly food poisoning outbreaks

Listeria causes serious illness and food recalls nearly every year.

Yvonne Sun, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Dayton • conversation
Aug. 19, 2022 • ~10 min

When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice – bacterial infections

Coinfections with bacteria can make viral infections even deadlier. Researchers have identified a protein in immune cells that may play a role in fighting both types of pathogens.

Hayley Muendlein, Research Assistant Professor of Immunology, Tufts University • conversation
Aug. 17, 2022 • ~8 min

What's cellulitis? A dermatologist explains

These infections require medical attention right away.

Arthur Mark Samia, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Dermatology, University of Florida • conversation
June 29, 2022 • ~5 min

Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19

Ivermectin has been a lifesaving drug for people with parasitic infections like river blindness and strongyloidiasis. But taking it for COVID-19 may result in the opposite effect.

Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut • conversation
Oct. 14, 2021 • ~10 min

Reporting all biosafety errors could improve labs worldwide – and increase public trust in biological research

A centralized reporting system for laboratory incidents involving dangerous pathogens in biological research does not exist in the US or internationally.

Rebecca Moritz, Biosafety Director and Responsible Official, Colorado State University • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 • ~8 min

Deciphering the symptoms of long COVID-19 is slow and painstaking – for both sufferers and their physicians

Researchers are piecing together clues to better understand the puzzling array of symptoms in those who never seem to fully recover from COVID-19.

Allison Navis, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai • conversation
Aug. 16, 2021 • ~10 min

Should fully immunized people wear masks indoors? An infectious disease physician weighs in

As Los Angeles County again mandates masking indoors -- even for the fully vaccinated -- local health officials in the U.S. are closely eyeing their own COVID-19 vaccination and infection rates.

Peter Chin-Hong, Associate Dean for Regional Campuses, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
July 22, 2021 • ~9 min

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