Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

Cases are up, vaccination rates are down, and new strains are circulating. Here's what you should know.

Rabies vaccination before you travel can reduce the need for this post-exposure prophylaxis or can simplify your treatment if ...

Infectious diseases continue to represent a substantial challenge to public health worldwide. They are caused by a diverse array of pathogens—including bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and ...

As immune function wanes, people become vulnerable. What should be a sniffle becomes deadly pneumonia. Infections that should remain dormant awaken to fatal effect. An obscure fungus kills. People ...

Dr. Kamran Khan is a practicing infectious disease physician and the CEO & founder of BlueDot — an infectious disease intelligence company. After a summer of climate turmoil, from Canadian wildfires ...

Schlesinger is a physician-scientist and professor, president, and CEO of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization in San Antonio, Texas. The connection between infection ...

In our clinical fellowship program, you will learn the breadth of common and rare infectious diseases in a variety of inpatient and ambulatory settings from nationally recognized leaders in infectious ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new ...

The Covid-19 pandemic underscored the importance of infectious disease doctors — but the field is still facing a shortage, with consequences for the health of communities across the U.S. Specialists ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Once widely regarded as a “death sentence”, tuberculosis (TB) has drawn ...