New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's ...

The virus isn’t that bad for children, and the vaccine has its own risks. Isn’t it better to just skip it?” It is a fair ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, ...

Researchers have used a method of total-body imaging to measure and track the body’s immune response to viral infection. The method is a promising platform for studying human immunity in greater ...

New research from the University of East Anglia and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune cells use the body’s fat stores to fight infection. The research, published today in the journal Nature ...

Soldiers, according to Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, are the Army’s “most important weapons system.” Like with any other weapons system, preventive maintenance is necessary to ensure ...

Hardly a week passes without scientists warning about some scary new germ. Even if bird flu is now being called the pandemic that wasn’t there are plenty of deadly bugs to worry about these days – ...

A tooth infection might seem like a relatively minor health issue, but its effects can reach far beyond the mouth. Recent ...

This was driven in particular by a reduction in severe infection-related illness, defined as a deep surgical-site, deep ...

Two men were left riddled with parasitic worms after they received infected kidney transplants at two U.S. hospitals, a new case report reveals. The two kidneys had come from the same organ donor, who ...