A new Weill Cornell Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University co-authored study provides critical insight for the development of a vaccine that can more effectively block the spread of cytomegalovirus, or CMV, across the placenta to babies before they are born. CMV is one of the most common viruses and most people don’t even … Read more
TOPLINE: A population-based congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) screening program in Ontario successfully screened 551,034 (97.4%) newborns, with 689 (0.13%) testing positive. Of those completing assessment, 96 (16.0%) were symptomatic, with 63 receiving valganciclovir treatment. METHODOLOGY: A diagnostic study of a population-based screening program in Ontario, Canada, evaluated 551,034 newborns from July 29, 2019, to July 31, … Read more
Arizona State University and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute researchers, along with their collaborators, have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer’s disease in a subset of people. It is believed most humans are exposed to this virus -; called cytomegalovirus or HCMV -; during the … Read more