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Rhinovirus is typically viewed as the cause of the common cold, but that is not the only disease it can cause.  In this ICAAC 2009 press panel participants present the latest research on the effects of rhinovirus beyond a cold including its potential role in asthma, new and emerging rhinoviruses... Read More

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are giving rise to new challenges to the infectious disease community. Soldiers fighting in those countries are acquiring infections that are not normally seen by doctors in the United States.  Participants discussed these foreign infections and the challenges... Read More

The latest research on H1N1 influenza taken from ICAAC's latebreaker slide abstracts, including the synergistic effect of a combination of three influenza drugs against drug-resistant virus, and a finding that patients are still infective over a week after initial symptoms appear, suggesting the... Read More

Clostridium difficile bacteria are a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea, especially in hospital settings.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States C. difficile is responsible for tens of thousands of cases of diarrhea and at least 5... Read More

The infectious disease landscape is constantly changing.  As we develop treatments for and work to eradicate existing diseases, invariably new ones arise to take their place and sometimes old ones resurge.   Public health researcher Kenrad Nelson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,... Read More

Traditionally, tuberculosis has been viewed as a primarily human disease. Recent studies have found other sources of  Mycobacterium tuberculosis among animal populations including elephants, meerkats, dogs and baboons.  A related bacterium that can also cause disease in humans, M. bovis,  is run... Read More

The emergence of the H1N1 influenza virus earlier this year has put the world on notice for the next influenza pandemic.  Participants in this press conference provide an overview of the current H1N1 situation and discuss recent advances concerning antiviral resistance, influenza-bacteria intera... Read More

Members of the 2009 ICAAC Program Committee give an overview of the ICAAC meeting and discuss sessions of particular interest.

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  M. Lindsay Grayson, Austin Hospital/Austin Health, Mel... Read More

An hour on the life and work of Charles Darwin with James Watson, chancellor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and E.O. Wilson, professor emeritus, Harvard University. This aired on the Charlie Rose show on PBS. Read More

Researchers report the first isolation of MRSA from marine and beach sand samples taken from numerous public beaches in Washington State.  Marilyn C. Roberts, University of Washington, presents her findings and discusses the implications.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continues to be a major cause of hospital-acquired infections, and these infections can often be difficult and expensive to treat.  One strategy to reduce MRSA infection rates in the healthcare setting is the screening of patients for nasal or t... Read More

A Bayesian phylogeographic reconstruction of the early H1N1 spread.

“This helps reveal hidden information about the spatial spread of the virus,” said Marc Suchard, a University of California at Los Angeles biomathematician and co-author of the analysis, which was published last week in Publi... Read More

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Bigthink.com has posted a 45 minute panel discussion on swine flu and the next pandemic. Moderator and editorial chairman for Bigthink.com, Paul Hoffman prefaces the discussion by saying:

"The reason we are here today is of course to di... Read More

UK Artist Luke Jerram has created a series of glass sculptures of microbes, including E. coli and the Smallpox virus. In fact, a colored image of an earlier HIV sculpture he made that was taken by photographer David Sayer won an award from the Institute of Medical Imaging in 2007. Several works ... Read More

Peter Palese, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Mt. Sinai, explains H1N1/swine flu, the natural herd immunity that all humans share against it, and the reasons why the elderly stand at a lesser risk of contracting the virus.
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AJ Cann from the Microbiology Bytes blog recommends an article in Wired on Paul Ehrlich's magic bullets. Read More

A promotional video for Loyola University Chicago's Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Read More

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Click "Source" to view the video via Scientific American/Reuters. Read More