Most medical trainees have never seen measles or its complications, muscle rigidity from tetanus, or an infant struggling to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Candida auris is adapting to warmer ecosystems, including the human body. The first US case was reported in 2016. In 2023, 4,514 new C. auris cases were reported in the United States, according to the ...

Dolphins, whales and seals are highly social animals. Many live in groups, form long-term relationships, and repeatedly ...

NEW YORK — People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress. Across the planet, animals — and the ...

Infectious diseases are defined as those that are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses. A person can be infected with a pathogenic microorganism ...

An infectious disease physician and former CDC official said he does not "have faith" that the U.S. is "handling measles very ...

Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...