The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, bringing to mind similarly impactful events like the Black Plague in early modern ...

Menzies School of Health Research has led the largest-ever study of people living with a unique strain of chronic hepatitis B ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

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Invasive fungal infections were found to be a widespread challenge in ICUs, with prevalence and influence varying by region ...

In our centre, a multidisciplinary task force—the Coordination Group for Bacteriophage therapy Leuven (CBL), which consists of infectious disease specialists, physicians, surgeons, microbiologists, ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

Immune disorders are a leading cause of morbidity and long-term health challenges among children worldwide. Recent decades ...

Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

The recent replacement of the entire CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) raises serious public health ...

The combination of climate change and pathogen expansion could be fueling a surge in infectious diseases. GEN consulted ...

Hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can lead to long-term health problems that persist months after discharge, according to new research published in BMC Infectious Diseases.