One of the best ways to avoid getting sick is quite simple, according to Prianka Chawla, MD, Primary Care Physician at Tufts ...

Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria --c ausing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these ...

More information: Lilli Pottkämper et al, Stability and inactivation of hepatitis A virus on inanimate surfaces, Journal of Hospital Infection (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2025.02.020 ...

In the UK, the virus is very common - an estimated 80 per cent of sexually active adults will be infected at some point in their lives. A new study has now linked it with heart disease ...

More than 200 viruses can cause the common cold, which results in respiratory symptoms like coughing, a stuffy nose, sneezing, and fever. There is no cure for the common cold, but many tried-and-true ...

Early animal studies show that a single vaccine could protect the recipient from different variants of the coronaviruses that cause COVID-19, the flu and the common cold. In addition to creating ...

Dr. Rivers is an epidemiologist and the author of “Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks.” Bird flu has long been a top contender for starting the next pandemic. Between ...

“An interesting study a few years ago showed that people that get less than five hours of sleep at night actually are three times more likely to get the common cold virus,” Hendrix say ...

Swift action like that reduces the chances of the virus evolving genetic changes and spreading. US authorities were too slow to act when the virus was detected in cattle. It's now in at least 950 ...

No further infection of the virus was detected in the remaining flock, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said. "While this is the first time this virus has been ...

The H5N1 virus was detected in a single animal in Yorkshire, the British government said on Monday. It added that the risk to humans remained very low. By Stephen Castle Reporting from London Bird ...

The common cold affects adults one to two times ... In fact, there are over 200 different cold viruses. Despite popular belief, antibiotics do not treat colds, as they are caused by viruses ...