The fungal skin infection TMVII is spreading in Minnesota through direct contact. Health experts advise medical care for ...

When running a fever during infection, we often feel chills, which prompt us to take action to warm ourselves, such as ...

New research shows obesity increases the risk of severe infections, hospital stays, and death across the world.

We see many people in our clinic with newly acquired tattoos and body piercings and are having a difficult time discerning if the artwork or jewelry is infected or just going through a "normal" ...

Secondary infections caused by bacteria or viruses during hospital care remain a long-standing global challenge, despite ...

Researchers have used a method of total-body imaging to measure and track the body’s immune response to viral infection. The method is a promising platform for studying human immunity in greater ...

Obesity contributes to more than 10% of infection-related deaths and up to 11% could be prevented by addressing obesity, ...

Adults living with obesity face a 70% higher risk of being hospitalized or dying from an infectious disease compared with those at a healthy weight, according to a large multicohort study published in ...