I research virus outbreaks around the world. Here’s what I’ll be keeping an eye on in 2026 that could cause infections in unexpected places or cases.

Understanding how infectious diseases spread is crucial for public safety, according to Dr. Sameer Bhati. Diseases transmit through air, direct/indirect contact, vectors, and contaminated food/water.

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 ...

Objective To analyse temporal trends of respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs) in Baiyin City from 2014 to 2023, aiming to explore the epidemiological patterns of these diseases (tuberculosis, scarlet ...

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 ...

Infections accelerate aging by damaging cells and organs. Preventing them with vaccines, hand hygiene, masks, and clean air ...

Infectious diseases are common worldwide. Your immune system is able to fight most germs that you grew up with. If you've been deployed abroad, you may have encountered some germs you're not used to.

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 ...

Schlesinger is a physician-scientist and professor, president, and CEO of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization in San Antonio, Texas. The connection between infection ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is often described as an ‘unprecedented’ event, as the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) took many by ...