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Results from the international VITALITY study show that inexpensive nutritional supplements containing vitamin D and calcium can strengthen bone health in HIV-positive adolescents.
Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are posing increasingly serious challenges for hospitals. In the new episode of the podcast “Mikroben im Visier“, immunologist Professor Jan Buer from Essen University Hospital explains how hospitals are responding to the growing threat with screening, strict hygiene measures, and artificial intelligence (AI). He also calls on politicians to invest more in infection research.
The Research Alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy are inviting applications for a PhD position in Global Health Economics. This position is open to an ambitious early-career researcher with a passion for policy-relevant research on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance in the context of heterogeneous health systems, aimed at international peer-reviewed journals.
On 29 and 30 October 2025, the members of the Research Alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS met for their 10th plenary meeting at the Research Centre Borstel, Leibniz Lung Centre (FZB). To mark the start of the new funding period, they presented the results of completed research projects and introduced new ones.
Antibiotic resistance is a global problem. While the situation in Europe and the USA has been well researched, many regions of the world remain poorly understood. The research alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS is investigating the resistance situation in Sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately twice as many people die from resistant pathogens as in Europe. In episode 7 of the podcast ‘Mikroben im Visier’, we explore how resistance develops and spreads, and what appropriate countermeasures can be taken.