Another common feature: Patients with a number of autoimmune diseases, especially women, often suffer heart attacks and ...

It's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies. Autoimmune diseases affect ...

According to the recent CDC update, so far 27 people have contracted listeria during this latest outbreak. Out of the 13 ...

The largest study of its kind has revealed that the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine presents considerably fewer problems for ...

Toxoplasma gondii poses serious risks during pregnancy and to those with weakened immune systems, and Clinicians must ...

The NICD has confirmed South Africa’s first recorded outbreak of Alkalihalobacillus clausii bloodstream infections.

The rise of infections caused by Mgen, C. auris, treatment-resistant E. coli, and more could become future public-health threats, experts say.

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Tiny viruses that only infect and kill bacteria can help treat deadly antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections with Staphylococcus aureus, results from a mid-stage trial ...

In the largest synthesis to date, researchers reviewed 155 studies linking viral infections, including influenza, SARS-CoV-2, ...

COVID triples the risk of a heart attack, researchers say, while flu quadruples the risk. Shingles, HIV, and hepatitis C ...

Armata Pharmaceuticals said its experimental treatment for a serious bloodstream infection showed positive results in a recent mid-stage trial. The Los Angeles-based biotech company said Wednesday ...

Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a recent health alert. Known ...