Vaccination is one of the greatest achievements in immunology and medicine, nearly eradicating many infectious diseases that ...

"The immune system will typically determine how serious an infection is, and how it will respond," says Professor Peter ...

The CDC estimates that roughly 1 in 31 US hospital patients contract at least one infection linked to their health care every day. The CDC said the results of the 2024 report show the continued need ...

When Dr William Foege died earlier this month, the world mourned the loss of a scientist who helped rid humanity of a virus that had plagued the Earth for thousands of years.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a disruption of infection rates of many common respiratory diseases in children. However, the ...

Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

While many foodborne pathogens only affect the digestive system, listeriosis can spread into normally sterile parts of the body including blood and the brain, giving rise to life threatening ...

Since it was first detected in the U.S. in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds ...

Health officials are closely monitoring a deadly Nipah virus outbreak after the World Health Organization confirmed two new ...

The ubiquitous Epstein-Barr virus is increasingly being linked to conditions like multiple sclerosis and lupus. But why do ...

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-based modeling tool that can accurately predict how infectious ...