Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
News Releases and Statements
April 30, 2013
Media Availability: Cell Response to New Coronavirus Unveils Possible Paths to Treatments
April 18, 2013
NIH-Supported Researchers Glean Clues from H7N9 Influenza Genetic Sequences
April 18, 2013
Media Availability: Treatment for Novel Coronavirus Shows Promise in Early Lab Tests
Apr. 3, 2013
Media Availability: NIH Scientists Develop Monkey Model to Study Novel Coronavirus Infection
Feb. 20, 2013
NIH-Funded Researchers Begin Trial of Shigella Vaccine Candidates
Jan. 14, 2013
Media Availability: NIH Scientists Identify Protective Role for Antibodies in Ebola Vaccine Study
Dec. 11, 2012
Media Availability: NIH Scientists Reflect on Gains in Emerging Infectious Disease Awareness, Research and Response
Oct. 17, 2012
Media Availability: NIH-Supported Clinical Trial of Novel Staphylococcal Antibiotic Begins
Oct. 17, 2012
Tipsheet: IDWeek 2012
Oct. 15, 2012
NIH-Funded Study to Test Pneumococcal Vaccine in Older Adults
Aug. 8, 2012
Media Availability: Test Vaccine Successfully Protects Monkeys from Nipah Virus
July 10, 2012
Media Availability: NIH Scientists Discuss Opportunities for Dengue Research in the Americas
Feb. 1, 2012
Media Availability: NIAID Scientists Consider 200 Years of Infectious Diseases
Dec. 20, 2011
Chikungunya Vaccine Trial Begins Enrollment
Oct. 19, 2011
Antibody Treatment Protects Monkeys from Hendra Virus Disease
Oct. 19, 2011
Tipsheet: 2011 Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Aug. 3, 2010
On the Death of Dr. Robert M. Chanock
May 20, 2010
Experimental Vaccine Protects Monkeys from New Ebola Virus
Jan. 28, 2010
Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Protects Monkeys from Chikungunya Virus
Oct. 30, 2009
NIAID Media Availability: Progress Made on Group B Streptococcus Vaccine
Oct. 1, 2009
Frozen Assets: NIAID Researchers Turn to Unique Resource for Clues to Norovirus Evolution
July 15, 2009
Genomes of Parasitic Flatworms Decoded
April 22, 2009
New Understanding of Dengue Virus Points Way to Possible Therapies for Dengue Fever
March 18, 2009
Experimental Vaccine Shows Promise in Preventing Cytomegalovirus Infection
Nov. 27, 2008
Experimental TB Drug Explodes Bacteria from the Inside Out
Nov. 21, 2008
Study of Ancient and Modern Plagues Finds Common Features
July 2, 2007
Human Antibodies that Block Human and Animal SARS Viruses Identified
June 17, 2007
NIAID Media Availability: Blood-Brain Barrier Breached by New Therapeutic Strategy
June 27, 2007
NIAID Media Availability: Antibodies Protect Mice from Developing Respiratory Tularemia
June 6, 2007
NIAID Media Availability: NIAID Releases MDR/XDR Tuberculosis Research Agenda
April 2, 2007
NIAID Expands Capability for Influenza Research and Surveillance
Feb. 21, 2007
2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed and Publicly Accessible
Jan. 3, 2007
New Details on How the Immune System Recognizes Influenza
Jan. 3, 2007
NIAID DNA Vaccine for H5N1 Avian Influenza Enters Human Trial
Dec. 6, 2006
NIAID Media Availability: New "GreeneChip" Identifies Multiple Pathogens Rapidly and Accurately
Sept. 25, 2006
H9N2 Avian Flu Vaccine Paired with Adjuvant Provokes Strong Human Immune Response at Low Doses
Sept. 12, 2006
Successful Public-Private Partnership Between NIAID and Sequella Yields Promising New TB Drug for Clinical Testing
Sept. 11, 2006
Live H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Vaccines Show Protection in Animal Studies
July 12, 2006
New NIAID Program Aims to Model Immune Responses and Key Infectious Diseases
July 6, 2006
Prion Disease Infectivity Causes Heart Damage in Mouse Study
May 3, 2006
NIH Dedicates the C.W. Bill Young Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
April 26, 2006
NIAID Media Availability: Vaccine Given Post-Exposure Protects Monkeys Against Deadly Marburg Virus
April 13, 2006
Researchers Discover New Disease-Causing Bacterium in Patients with Rare Immune Disorder
March 29, 2006
H5N1 Avian Flu Virus Vaccine Induces Immune Responses in Healthy Adults
Jan. 17, 2006
Mutation that Protects Against HIV Infection May Raise Risk of West Nile Virus Illness
Oct. 12, 2005
Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Proves Effective in Adults, Adolescents
Oct. 5, 2005
Unmasking the 1918 Influenza Virus:
An Important Step Toward Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
Oct. 5, 2005
Genomes of More than 200 Human Flu Strains Reveal a Dynamic Virus
Oct. 3, 2005
Large Tularemia Vaccine Contracts Among New NIAID Biodefense Awards
Sept. 28, 2005
NIAID and MedImmune Join Forces to Develop Potential Pandemic Influenza Vaccines
Sept. 7, 2006
Emerging Staph Strains Found to be Increasingly Deadly and Deceptive
Sept. 7, 2005
NIAID Scientists Characterize the Most Infectious Prion Protein Particles
July 6, 2005
Scientists Discover How Nipah Virus Enters Cells
June 1, 2005
New NIAID Grants Strengthen National Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Network
April 24, 2005
Promising New West Nile Therapy Cures Disease in Mice
April 18, 2005
NIAID Begins Clinical Trial of West Nile Virus Vaccine
March 23, 2005
NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine
Dec. 13, 2004
First U.S. SARS Vaccine Trial Opens at NIH
Dec.13, 2004
Broad-based Vaccination of Wild Mice Could Help Reduce Lyme Disease Risk in Humans
Dec. 9, 2004
NIAID-Sponsored Clinical Trial Aims to Boost Flu Vaccine Supply
Nov. 15, 2004
NIAID Launches Influenza Genome Sequencing Project
Nov. 15, 2004
NIAID Launches Expanded Flu Web Site for the Media
Nov. 1, 2004
NIAID Launches Program to Improve Medical Tools Against Emerging Infectious Diseases
Aug. 17, 2004
NIAID Taps Chiron to Develop Vaccine Against H9N2 Avian Influenza
July 26, 2004
Genome-Wide Analysis Provides Detailed Understanding of Flesh-Eating Bacteria Epidemics
July 13, 2004
NIAID Expands West Nile Virus Treatment Trial
July 11, 2004
New Method Enables Researchers to Make Human SARS Antibodies Quickly
July 7, 2004
The Continual Challenge of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Jan. 27, 2003
Research Reveals How Strep Bacterium Evades Immune System
July 15, 2002
Viruses Help Strep Bacteria Turn Deadly
June 6, 2002
Scientists Become Filmmakers to Decipher Immunity
April 25, 2002
Single Gene Leap Led to Flea-Borne Transmission of Plague Bacterium
March 28, 2002
NIAID Study Results Support Diluting Smallpox Vaccine Stockpile to Stretch Supply
Nov. 29, 2001
NIAID Takes Next Genome Step
Jan. 24, 2001
Gene Sequence of Deadly E. coli Reveals Surprisingly Dynamic Genome
July 31, 2000
NIH Scientists Unravel Clues to Ebola Hemorrhaging
May 8, 2000
Researchers Unravel Genome for 'Superbug' Bacterium Using One Day's Production Capacity
(Department of Energy/NIAID-supported research)
July 18, 1996
Scientists Identify Genes Critical to Transmission of Bubonic Plague
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