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Clinical Notes: La Crosse Virus Surges in Kids

La Crosse virus has become the most common insect-borne viral disease in children, greatly surpassing the better-publicized West Nile virus. Also this week: cost management joins the medical curriculum.

La Crosse Virus Outpaces West Nile

West Nile virus infections may get all the headlines... Read More

Scientists explore new class of synthetic vaccines

In a quest to make safer and more effective vaccines, scientists at the Biodesign InstituteÒ at Arizona State University have turned to a promising field called DNA nanotechnology to make an entirely new class of synthetic vaccines.

In a study published in the journal Nano Letters, Biodesign ... Read More

TWiM #42: Staphylococcus, a three-star pathogen



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Joseph... Read More

Return of Influenza - A “Microbes After Hours” Series - Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Fall is on the horizon, bringing with it freshly-sharpened pencils, vibrantly-colored leaves, and of course - the annual influenza season. Join us at ASM Headquarters on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, from 6 - 8 PM ET ( Read More

How clean is your hotel room?

When you've collapsed in a hotel bed at the end of a day of vacationing, the last thing you want to worry about is whether a previous guest left germs behind. But germs are invisible to the naked eye, so how do hotel housekeepers — who have an average of 30 minutes to clean a room — make sure th... Read More

New approach of resistant tuberculosis

Scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine have breathed new life into a forgotten technique and so succeeded in detecting resistant tuberculosis in circumstances where so far this was hardly feasible. Tuberculosis bacilli that have become resistant against our major antibiotics ar... Read More

Sewage-munching microbes may generate electricity

Microbes used to treat human waste might also generate enough electricity to power whole sewage plants, scientists hope. Read More

TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier


Vincent and Dickson answer listener email... Read More

TWiM #40: A mecca for microbiology



Hosts: Vincent RacanielloStanley Ma... Read More

Which Bacteria Smell Like Tortillas, Flowers, or Delicious Browned Butter?

I’ll confess, I never quite thought about what happens when you get millions of a single kind of bacteria all together in one place and take a nice long sniff. I did not think it would ever be pleasant. I was wrong.

This level of olfactory whimsy, then, was totally new to me: Pseudomonas aeru... Read More

TWiM #47: Resistance on the surface



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and ... Read More

Registration is now open for ASM's General Meeting 2013 in Denver #ASMGM

Did you know that the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has 1.4 million artifacts and specimen that are used every day in scientific studies and educational programs?

That the area between Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins is often called the "Napa Valley of Beer," where some of the best micr... Read More

TWiV 184: Reforming science



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and  Read More

Insect wings shred bacteria to pieces

The veined wing of the clanger cicada kills bacteria solely through its physical structure — one of the first natural surfaces found to do so. An international team of biophysicists has now come up with a detailed model of how this defence works on the nanoscale. The results are published in the... Read More

Scientific American editor Fred Guterl discusses viruses and the H5N1 controversy on Jon Stewart's Daily Show

In this clip from Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, guest Fred Guterl, award-winning journalist and executive editor of Scientific American, discusses his new book, "The Fate of the Species,"and touches on viruses, influenza, scientific research, and the recent H5... Read More

TWiM #50: These things aren’t even bacteria!



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Read More

MWV Episode 65 - Natalie Prystajecky: Norovirus

In episode 65 of MicrobeWorld Video, Dr. Stan Maloy talks with Natalie Prystajecky Ph.D., Environmental Public Health Microbiologist, BCCDC Public Health Microbiology and Referen... Read More

TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier


Vincent and Dickson explain how a nematod... Read More

A Simpler Method for Conducting Norovirus Surveillance aboard U.S. Navy Vessels

Taken from the 2012 ICAAC meeting...

Outbreaks of enteric disease are most common in highly populated areas. Caused by both bacteria and viruses that often reside in the food we eat, the water we drink, or on surfaces we touch, enteric diseases produce a variety of symptoms including nausea, ... Read More

MWV Episode 62 - Safe Beaches

Staying safe at the beach involves more than just sunscreen and lifeguards. Beaches and oceans are prone to unhealthy levels of bacteria which can cause sickness in people. Pathogens make their way into the water and onto the sand from many sources, including but not limited to, animal and hu... Read More

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