Infectious disease outbreaks, such as measles, HIV, and mpox, expose critical vulnerabilities across public health systems.

As immune function wanes, people become vulnerable. What should be a sniffle becomes deadly pneumonia. Infections that should remain dormant awaken to fatal effect. An obscure fungus kills. People ...

COVID emerged suddenly, spread rapidly and killed millions of people around the world. Since then, I think it's fair to say that most people have been nervous about the emergence of the next big ...

Autoimmune diseases occur when the body's immune system, which normally protects against infections, mistakenly attacks ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO). The contagious disease ...

Climate change is altering the spread of waterborne diseases around the world, according to a comprehensive review published ...

Your body is home to a microbiome full of bacteria, pathogens, fungi, and viruses. Typically, they don’t cause any harm. But sometimes, microorganisms can cause disease. You can also contract ...

Autoimmune diseases affect millions of people around the world and can have a major impact on daily life. A common concern for people living with these conditions is whether they can pass them on to ...

The US and Cambodia have signed a new five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand cooperation on infectious disease ...

Curevo is developing amezosvatein, a next-generation shingles vaccine currently in phase 2 testing. In head-to-head studies, the vaccine reportedly matched the immune response of the GSK Shingrix ...

The Master of Science in Infectious Disease program, offered by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and by the Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease (IMMID), provides ...