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A recent article endeavors to draw new-- and perhaps increased-- attention to the issue of neurologic side effects associated with antibiotic use in hospitalized patients.

Researchers suspected that the Zika virus causes Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological syndrome, but now there's actual proof of the relationship.

The extraordinary amounts of data generated in this systematic comparative genome analysis may prove to be an invaluable resource for those wanting to know how any bacterial species becomes pathogenic.

Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA have, for the first time, identified a link between a person's genetic make-up, as well as their ethnic background, and their response to influenza vaccine.

The antibacterial drug Avycaz (ceftazidime-avibactam) was given priority review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since new safety data has been discovered.

In a matter of weeks, two Texas medical institutions developed the first hospital-based rapid detection Zika test.

The number of patients diagnosed with the Zika virus in the United States grows every day, and three of the latest patients are pregnant women.

Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) have been a growing source of concern in healthcare as rates of recurrent infections are increasing in elderly populations and widespread antibiotic usage continues.

The authors also suggest that ophthalmic screening of all babies born in epidemic areas may not be necessary at this time.

A new trial conducted in England has discovered a cost-effective way to reduce the overprescribing of antibiotics by general practitioners (GPs).

A viable vaccine remains the Holy Grail in efforts to prevent the spread of HIV and protect those at high risk for the virus.

A recent outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen in four states has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to partner with the US Food and Drug Administration to address the outbreak.

When an endoscope-associated outbreak occurred at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, officials implemented new practices to avoid it from happening again.

Study finds no evidence that long-term daily use of CHG leads to high levels of antibiotic resistance in bacteria on patients' skin.

A mosquito-borne illness has infected hundreds in Hawaii, and it's not Zika.

The 2015-2016 flu season started off slow but diagnoses have become more prominent and 10% of cases were confirmed during the first week of February.

The very treatment that is supposed to help patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is also leading to weight gain among adults in the United States.

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health found that PCR-based testing is the most effective diagnostic test to assist with case-patient management during Ebola virus outbreaks in malaria-endemic areas.

Thirteen different tick species collected from people in Texas were carriers of at least 1 of 3 different pathogens.

People with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at a higher risk of having hepatitis C (HCV), however, less than two-thirds of patients are being screened regularly.

A new method to fight the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may already be accessible by reworking an existing prescription drug.

New research has tied the Zika virus to miscarriages in Brazil.

There's more bad news about Zika, and it can affect anyone living in or visiting areas where the virus is ongoing.

An alarmingly high number of blood and bodily fluid exposures go unreported by operating room (OR) nurses in Thailand.

When a 55-year-old Massachusetts resident returned from a trip to Costa Rica, he developed clinical symptoms that all pointed to Zika.

Two more people have been verified with the tuberculosis (TB) germ in Alabama

In just about 24 hours, the number of students at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania experiencing an unidentified stomach illness has increased from 40 to 174.

On February 9, the Tennessee Department of Health verified that an individual tested positive for Zika.