All infectious diseases
March 18, 2024
$2.4 million NIH grant brings tropical disease vaccine closer to human clinical trialsA UIC group in Rockford developed the vaccine for lymphatic filariasis, which affects over 100 million people worldwide
February 15, 2024
UIC research helps create new antibiotic that evades bacterial resistanceNew drug inspired by images that captured how bacteria block antibiotic activity
August 8, 2023
Researchers design new drug candidates to treat tropical parasitic infectionA new class of compounds co-invented by UIC researchers offers potential new options for treating schistosomiasis
December 8, 2020
UIC opens second COVID-19 vaccine trialStudy to test vaccine candidate developed by Janssen
October 20, 2015
UIC helps protect health care workers from Ebola, new diseasesUIC among six centers working to prevent spread of infectious diseases
October 5, 2015
New centers help health workers fight deadly infections safelyEbola caused deaths of more than 11,000 people in West Africa in 2014
February 17, 2015
Biological hazard specialist makes the world a safer placeLeo Njongmeta trains his counterparts in developing nations
December 22, 2014
Campus resource for information on EbolaUIC web page brings latest news, information on virus
December 2, 2014
Doctor on the front lines of Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone‘You have to be willing to help in time of crisis and need’
November 5, 2014
CDC expert offers facts about Ebola epidemicIn U.S., 1 chance in 13.3 million of contracting disease, CDC says