Researchers and health officials are calling for Chagas disease, spread by the 'kissing bug,' be considered endemic, aka ...

Any Lyme test available for sale at a drugstore or website is unapproved, says Andrea Love, a microbiologist and director of ...

The products meant to keep you clean may actually be putting your health in danger. A shocking bacterial contamination has forced the recall of over a dozen well-known soap and sanitizer products ...

More personal care products from the manufacturer DermaRite Industries LLC have been voluntarily recalled due to potential ...

Injuries, surgeries and some medical conditions result in wounds. Most of the time, these wounds heal on their own or in an ...

The use of adhesive iodine-impregnated drapes led to lower swab culture positivity and fewer infections in patients undergoing repeat implantation of electronic devices to maintain normal rhythm, ...

Among UK healthcare workers, seasonal flu vaccination substantially lowered the risk for infection during the winter of 2023-2024, and vaccinated staff recorded fewer positive influenza tests than ...

The potential and positioning of controlled human infection models (CHIMs) and human challenge trials (HCTs) in the investigation of infectious pathogens and efficacy of new anti-infectives or ...

A non-randomized clinical trial examining the safety and acceptability of fecal microbiota transplantation in long-term acute care hospital patients revealed that the intervention is safe and ...

In recent years, doctors and scientists are increasingly studying long-lasting illnesses that begin after someone recovers from an infection. Two of the most well-known examples are long COVID and ...