The odds are fairly high that everyone around you is currently sick. But you’re not imagining things if it seems like your ...

Opioids affect both the gut and the immune system, said Summer Thompson, an assistant professor studying gut-brain ...

A newly identified virus–cell hybrid structure allows viruses to spread faster and more aggressively by hitching a ride on ...

A Jefferson Health doctor explains what’s going around — and when you should worry.

Delayed recognition of severe dental diseases contributed to diagnostic uncertainty, rapid sepsis progression, and heart ...

Among adults older adults, a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection increases the risk of cardiovascular events over the following year, according to new Danish data. Researchers say its effect ...

A Tennessee man was left fighting for his life after a fungal infection that has sickened 18 people in his area caused him to ...

Multisociety guidance recommended that nursing homes employ an infection preventionist and invest in training and preparedness.

Investigators from the laboratory of Derek Walsh, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology-Immunology, have discovered how human ...

A sinus infection can spread to the brain, although this is rare. People require immediate medical treatment if a sinus infection reaches the brain. Sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses and ...

A prospective cohort study from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) suggests that mpox infection during pregnancy, ...

It seemed our 15-year-old mixed breed short-haired cat developed a swelling on the bridge of her nose in about one or two ...