Dr. Sameer Bhati, Public Health Analystn says that infectious diseases have been with us forever, together with the Common ...

A rare, antibiotic-resistant and often deadly bacteria was identified in two patients at a Rhode Island Hospital in 2011, but its spread was stopped by timely treatment and infection control measures, ...

Public health researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health used computer modeling to reconstruct how ...

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts — and the world is not prepared. Fungi are ...

The study reveals that environmental stressors do not merely kill bacteria; they can also prime surviving cells to take up ...

Researchers reconstruct the spatial spread of pandemic respiratory viruses across metropolitan areas throughout the United ...

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and tuberculosis ...

Strains of Aspergillus are already in the U.S. but are expected to expand. Climate change may be putting millions more people at risk from an infection-causing fungi, which is likely spreading due to ...

Recent research has revealed that mosquitoes may be able to transmit diseases across long distances by traveling via high-altitude strong winds, expanding their harmful impact on human health. A team ...

Scientists call for increased vigilance. Researchers raise alarm after discovering new type of bacteria killing dogs in US: ...

A new airflow device from UBC Okanagan engineers traps exhaled aerosols almost immediately, sharply reducing pathogen exposure in indoor spaces. Early simulations suggest it could outperform existing ...

Handwashing units distributed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium during the pandemic increased water use and ...