These infections can pave the way for a heart attack or stroke because they can trigger or worsen inflammation, which is the ...

In experiments conducted in a biosafety level 3 facility, the researchers studied ferrets that had antibodies to seasonal flu ...

China is experiencing an outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne infection, with thousands of cases reported in the south.

West Nile virus cases are rising across the United States. Public health officials are reporting more infections than usual.

Although outbreaks of Ebola virus are rare, the disease is severe and often fatal, with few treatment options. Rather than ...

Septic shock is the most severe form of sepsis, when a blood infection lowers one’s blood pressure to dangerous levels, ...

Rene Kirby, who starred in the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal, died on July 11 after a two-month battle with severe infections and ...

Adult patients with moderate to severe hand eczema with previous treatment failure or in whom topical corticosteroids are ...

Palivizumab, when given through the veins or into a muscle (systemically), reduces hospitalisations due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and reduces respiratory problems later on (chest wheezing), ...

Vaccination of pregnant women has been linked to a drop in newborns being admitted to hospital with a serious lung infection, ...

Expectant moms with severe obesity -- a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or higher -- wound up with kids who had an increased risk of infection, results show. (BMI is an estimate of body fat based on ...