Infectious Diseases

A “kiss” from these insects could make you deadly ill if left untreated. Chagas disease, or “kissing bug”…

Salmond, G. P. C. & Fineran, P. C. A century of the phage: past, present and future. Nat.…

David Baltimore, the Nobel Prize-winning American biologist who died this month at 87, built a legacy in China…

David Baltimore, the Nobel Prize-winning American biologist who died this month at 87, built a legacy in China…

Trends in common sexually transmitted infections in the United States, 2018–2022 Recent epidemiological trends highlight a shifting and…

France has recorded nearly 400 locally-acquired cases of chikungunya this summer, a sharp increase from last year, French…

Researchers have finally identified genetic traces of the plague bacterium at the heart of the Byzantine Empire, providing…

Just as a computer’s operating system can be rewritten after a major update, dengue infection can ‘re-programme’ the…

Germs might be even worse for us than we thought. New research suggests that certain infections could be…

Enrollment rates Between 28 September 2023 and 10 June 2024 (~8.5 months), a total of 2,125 newborns were enrolled.…

John Roberts has been diagnosed with malaria. The Fox News correspondent was hospitalized with the mosquito-borne disease this…

As annoying as catching a cold may be, there could be a silver lining. New research suggests that…

Bloodsucking ‘kissing bugs’ are here to stay. Maps show where.