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

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Uncommon illnesses caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites fall under the category of rare infectious diseases. These illnesses are often caused by unique pathogens that affect very few ...

Infectious diseases specialists call the medical field to be ready to deal with the impact of climate change on spreading diseases, such as malaria, Valley fever, E. coli and Lyme disease. A team of ...

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the bacteria that causes tuberculosis fuels itself during infection, providing new insights into one of the world's ...

Scientists reveal truth about new terrifying form of meningitis which has killed two students, how you can catch it and the potential lifelong consequences if you survive ...

COVID-19 took the world by storm in early 2020, being declared a pandemic in March of that year. While it was the most recent emerging infectious disease, experts anticipate it won’t be the last. Well ...

Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterial species that can spread to people and animals from the bite of a deer tick—also called a black-legged tick—carrying ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Wessner is a virologist who covers infectious diseases. The mystery disease affecting people in the Democratic Republic of ...