Infectious disease experts are already sounding the alarm for 2026. While the “tripledemic” of previous years has stabilized, ...

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 ...

“Flu is a serious illness. It can take even normal, healthy people and put them into the ER,” says William Schaffner, M.D., ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The world is already witnessing the consequences of human-caused climate change, including hotter temperatures, rising sea levels, and more ...

Measles cases are popping up around the country. Doctors share what to do after a measles exposure and what to do to stay ...

In an article published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the authors discussed the involvement of archaea, a lesser-known but important component of the human microbiome, in various ...

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 ...

A team of infectious disease specialists argues that shifting toward plant-based diets can simultaneously slow climate change, reduce antibiotic resistance, and lower disease risks - empowering ...

A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has found that abnormally wet conditions increase the risk of cough, fever, and diarrhea in children under five years old in many humid ...