Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the U.S.—uses to infiltrate blood vessel cells while evading immune ...

New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in ...

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According to the Louisiana Department of Health, symptoms of severe West Nile Virus illness include high fever, neck ...

Dr. Dean is the Principal Investigator of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant R01-AI139761 on vaccine study design for emerging infectious disease threats.

For nearly a decade after AAP’s peanut avoidance recommendation, neither the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, rose to prominence as a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force during the Covid pandemic.

Last month, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came to Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge to watch Gov. Jeff Landry ...

News and Announcements RFK Jr.'s insistence that the government ignores chronic disease is misguided Garth Ehrlich, PhD, a professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a February 1, 2025 NBC ...

According to a press release, LDH says it is not uncommon to see increased West Nile disease activity in Louisiana during the summer months, a cluster of cases in a small locality is unusual.

Hurricane season has arrived. But even prior to its start, the Louisiana National Guard was preparing. On May 21, around 50 key leaders gathered to simulate their ability to respond to a major ...

Established in the 1980s at Fred Hutch, the Infectious Disease Sciences (IDS) Program has been home to many major, innovative programs, including projects to study herpesvirus infections (with an ...