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Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician's backyard. The ...

Infectious disease experts have outlined viruses that could spark the next pandemic as vaccine rates drop. Mpox, Rubella, ...

Health experts warn that bird flu, mpox, rubella and Oropouche virus could trigger the next global pandemic as vaccine rates ...

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Retrospective data from Southern Italy show a marked rise in pediatric septic head and neck infections, with greater severity ...

Dealing with an infection isn't as straightforward as simply killing the pathogen. The body also needs to carefully steer and ...

SHERLOCK, a rapid CRISPR-based diagnostic, detects Candida auris and antifungal resistance mutations in patient samples in under an hour.

A confirmed bird flu case at a Georgia poultry farm led to the culling of more than 71,000 birds and triggered a quarantine ...

Mosquitoes in the Atlantic Forest region and other regions across the world are known to transmit viruses such as yellow ...