A potentially deadly tick-borne illness called the Bourbon Virus has been confirmed in New York for the first time, raising ...

A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility ...

Sjögren's disease is linked to higher rates of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections than matched control individuals with ...

Viruses are master parasites that have adapted to infect many host species. Some viruses even use multiple hosts to spread their infections—such as arboviruses that use insects to move their ...

Tick-borne diseases increased across Illinois, with distinct regional hotspots and seasonal patterns. Read more.

It’s that time of year, when families and friends come together to share their holiday cheer and a few circulating pathogens. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UC San Francisco, ...

A Johns Hopkins infectious disease physician explains what you should know about the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Source: Ethleen Lloyd, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library, public domain Bird flu in America. Marburg virus in Africa. Warnings about “Disease X.” These headlines ...

“The hypothesis is that a long-term, low-burning infection might lead to these sorts of diseases,” such as Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, says Barbara Hanson, a researcher ...

Five years removed from the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists around the world are still studying its effects and, more importantly, ways those effects can be mitigated in the future. An international ...

They follow surprisingly simple rules to prevent illness.