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In 2025, infectious diseases resurged globally due to climate change, conflict, and declining vaccination coverage. Bird flu, ...

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Oral bacteria that migrate to the gut can generate metabolites that reach the brain and accelerate Parkinson’s disease.

Doctors say a highly infectious flu strain, a.k.a. “super flu,” is driving a bad flu season. Here, what’s different this year ...

High levels of the periodontal bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum may be associated with more severe disability in people with multiple sclerosis.

In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial diseases.

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to attack its own nervous system. This mechanism can accelerate the progression of ...

Legionella bacteria, which causes a type of pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease, was found in water from four sites at the Pontiac courthouse.

An analysis of CIRDC, dissecting the polymicrobial nature of the syndrome and outlining standards for diagnostic testing.

The Covid-19 pandemic underscored the importance of infectious disease doctors — but the field is still facing a shortage, with consequences for the health of communities across the U.S. Specialists ...