International researchers warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more rapidly. The mpox virus has mutated, and the ...

In light of Pope Francis’ pneumonia diagnosis, Dr. Leana Wen explains why older adults are especially at risk for serious ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

A study found that hospital sink drains harbor dangerous bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains. Despite thorough ...

In a nutshell A year-long study of hospital sink drains found 67 different bacterial species living there, many resistant to ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated ...

A continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) differs from a multi-speed transmission in many ways, the most notable is that a CVT does not actually shift gears like a multi-gear automatic ...

With the high consumption rates of elasmobranchs in Brazil, especially in coastal communities, the potential for zoonotic transmission of bacteria cannot be ignored. Public health authorities and ...

The bacteria in your mouth and on your tongue may be linked to changes in brain function as you age, new research suggested. The study, led by the University of Exeter, found that certain bacteria ...

But group A strep is a major cause of the flesh-destroying disease. The bacteria become life-threatening when they invade the blood or spread along the tissues surrounding muscle. And while known ...

The antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections occur when bacteria evolves to learn how ... Mobilisation of populations during war can increase transmission of infections too,” he said.