Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have mapped the human metabolic pathways that Cryptosporidium, an intestinal parasite, requires to survive.

Millie Bayles, 19, from Garth near Llangollen in North Wales, is currently in intensive care in Athens after falling ...

An antibody developed at Stanford Medicine can prepare patients for stem cell transplantation, sparing them toxic side effects, a phase 1 clinical trial found.

MELODY CHIRONDA | The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that the global AIDS response is in ...

For years, diagnosing infections in children meant relying on a mix of instinct, limited testing, and broad-spectrum antibiotics. Breakthroughs in genetic pathogen detection have ushered in a new age ...

Key results One-third fewer children not prone to acute middle ear infection who took probiotics experienced acute middle ear infections compared to children not taking probiotics. However, probiotics ...

Tropical cyclones in Madagascar lead to sharp spikes in malaria infections – particularly in children – due to interruptions ...

Study reveals scrub typhus as the most common infectious cause of acute encephalitis syndrome in southern India.

Numerous factors can predispose someone to swimmer’s ear. They include a narrow ear canal, and skin diseases such as eczema or psoriasis. In addition, individuals wearing ear plugs, ear buds or ...

Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the effectiveness of the long-used vaccine and instead promoted the development of new treatments ...

Newborns exposed to HIV during pregnancy or birth should receive preventive antiretroviral medication immediately after ...

But benzathine penicillin G is the only product that’s approved and recommended to treat the sexually transmitted infection syphilis during pregnancy. If the infection is caught early, a single ...