Jan. 1, 2025 — Researchers have traced a cellular route Ebola virus (EBOV) uses to traverse the inner and outer layers of skin and emerge onto the skin's surface. The study identifies new cell ...

Since then, I think it's fair to say that most people have been nervous about the emergence of the next big infectious disease – be that a virus, bacterium, fungus or parasite. And then there are the ...

Since then, I think it’s fair to say that most people have been nervous about the emergence of the next big infectious disease – be that a virus, bacterium, fungus or parasite. With COVID-19 ...

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 ...

But infectious disease experts are far less forgetful and have remained on their toes since the novel coronavirus was first identified in 2019, continuously looking for signs of mutations or other ...

Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UC San Francisco, said people should be on the lookout for the “Big Four”: three respiratory viruses currently moving through the U.S ...

Of course, if you're feeling sick, it’s a good idea to test yourself so you can know the full picture of what you’re dealing with, says Thomas Russo, MD, a professor and chief of infectious ...

Bone infection, a kind of severe clinical infection, can arise from various sources, including contiguous spread from surrounding tissue, surgical procedures, or systemic bacteraemia. This complex ...

Despite these gains, new infection and death rates have stagnated in recent years. Measles is a highly infectious disease caused by the measles virus. It is spread through respiratory droplets ...

Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, joined Scripps News' "Morning Rush" to talk about health safety before the holidays. He said he agrees ...

When researchers heated infected milk to 63 °C for 30 minutes, they successfully inactivated the infectious influenza A virus. "This work highlights the potential risk of avian influenza transmission ...