mRNA vaccines: are they the way forward?
mRNA vaccine technology is broadening the scope of effective vaccine-based solutions that can mitigate the spread of harmful pathogens in infectious and non-infectious diseases.
For...
Prioritising antimicrobial stewardship and prescribing
Professor Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Lead Pharmacist for healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance at the UK Health Security Agency, outlines the UK’s progress in mitigating...
£30m funded PACE initiative announced to combat antimicrobial resistance globally
In a significant collaborative effort to combat antimicrobial resistance, Innovate UK, LifeArc, and Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) have combined to launch the £30m funded...
NHS winter vaccination programme breaks flu and COVID-19 jab records
The NHS winter vaccination programme in England has accomplished an extraordinary milestone by delivering more than ten million flu vaccinations and over seven million...
Over one million NHS Covid vaccines administered in one week
The NHS has delivered more than one million Covid vaccines over the last week. Find out if you're eligible for a vaccine.
Using peracetic acid in biofilm management
In response to increasing links between outbreaks and contaminated drains, GAMA Healthcare explores emerging evidence which supports the use of peracetic acid in the...
Sepsis prevention: The alliance of vaccinations, sanitation, and the vaccine cold chain
Sepsis is a severe bodily reaction to infection, which can cause fever, breathlessness, disorientation, tissue damage, and organ failure, among other symptoms.
While bacterial infections...
Respiratory viruses and infection control
Lorna Rothery spoke to Dr Albert Osterhaus, expert virologist and Chairman of the European Scientific Working group on Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses about...
Improving health literacy in mitigating COVID
Mariano Votta, responsible for EU Affairs at Cittadinanzattiva & Director at Active Citizenship Network discusses the important role of health literacy during COVID-19.
Evidence collected...
Understanding how T cells fight chronic infections
Researchers from the University of Basel have discovered how immune cells can fight chronic infections over long periods of time.
When the body is subjected...
Newly discovered catheter material could prevent bacterial infections
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have discovered a new coating that could prevent bacterial infections typically caused by biofilms on catheters.
The new material...
NHS COVID-19 app saved 10,000 lives in the first year
Experts from the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick have estimated the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around one million cases, 44,000 hospitalisations...
People with advanced HIV are more likely to die from monkeypox
Researchers have identified a severe, necrotising form of monkeypox with high mortality in immunosuppressed people with advanced HIV.
Most monkeypox infections in the current outbreak...
59% of long COVID patients had organ damage a year later
A new study has shown that organ damage persisted in 59% of long COVID patients a year after symptoms, even in those with mild...
Evusheld not recommended for vulnerable adults with COVID-19
NICE has not recommended Evusheld for vulnerable adults in England with COVID-19 due to a lack of evidence of its effectiveness.
Evusheld is used to...
Can the BCG vaccine combat cancer and autoimmune diseases?
Researchers have proposed that the 100-year-old BCG vaccine, originally used for tuberculosis, could be effective against cancer and autoimmune diseases.
At the beginning of the...
The new discovery that can stop the replication of the influenza virus
Researchers from the University of Bonn have discovered a new bacterial compound that can inhibit the replication of the influenza virus.
Viruses use the molecular...
Discovery of T-cells that protect against bacteraemic pneumonia
A new study by the University of Liverpool reveals how resistance to bacteraemic pneumonia is provided by a unique subset of lung T regulatory...
Klebsiella pneumoniae is on the rise in German hospitals
Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, certain antibiotic-resistant hospital pathogens including Klebsiella pneumoniae have been detected in German hospitals.
Some strains of the pathogen...
The TB vaccine does not protect elderly patients from COVID-19
The TB vaccine does not protect the elderly against disease symptoms caused by COVID-19, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
These findings come from a...
