Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, posing significant challenges to healthcare systems. Beyond the direct ...

The dangers for infection aren’t only caused by microbes, but also by the molecular signals they release. To detect and neutralize these signals, may be the next era for infectious disease control.” — ...

In a recent study published in PLoS Biology, researchers showed that life history features of pathogens help determine the age of humans when they have the highest probability of being infected with ...

In the field of infectious diseases, the threats that should concern us most are not always those that make the front pages.

When we shift from understanding disease to preventing it, the same framework applies. The infectious disease triad can be thought of as a three-legged stool. Remove any one leg, whether pathogen, ...

SALT LAKE CITY-Scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine, ARUP Laboratories, and IDbyDNA, Inc., have developed ultra-fast, meta-genomics analysis software called Taxonomer that ...

BILLINGS – Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic wasting disease, the always fatal illness that infects deer, elk and ...

The Fundamental Concepts in Infectious Disease post-baccalaureate certificate program enhances critical thinking and problem-solving skills used to explore human pathogens and the molecular mechanisms ...

Everyone knows flu strikes most often during wintertime, but new research indicates a number of other infectious diseases are seasonal, too. Chicken pox often peaks in spring. Sexually transmitted ...

A global survey of 3,752 health professionals and researchers across 151 countries has identified climate change as a leading driver behind the escalation of infectious disease outbreaks, and ...

Monoclonal antibodies are gaining traction as powerful tools for preventing infectious diseases. Recently, the rate of antibody discovery has accelerated, and the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...

Single celled organisms in the environment are protecting pathogenic bacteria and priming them for human infection, an international team of researchers has discovered. The results provide a new ...