Long COVID remains a public health concern, with the highest disease risk observed in older adults, women, and those with preexisting conditions or severe acute illness.

Infectious diseases also known as contagious diseases, transmissible diseases or communicable diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms that infect a host organism and can be spread ...

Carcasses of seals in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This marks the first detection of the avian influenza virus in ...

The overall objective of this activity is to prevent, accurately diagnose, and optimally treat infectious diseases. Participants will also learn about new antibiotics and other therapeutic agents, ...

“People live longer due to public health interventions such as vaccines, clean water and environment, and other advances that lower death rates from infectious diseases,” she said in an email.

Permafrost under the layer of soil (Getty Images/Stasz D Sirotkin)While Yarzábal is at work in the Southern hemisphere, in the far North, Dr. Emilie ... release of infectious disease from thawing ...

No infected child should be allowed anywhere near a woman who is—or even may be—in the first three months of pregnancy; if she has escaped the disease in childhood, the virus may cause ...

The Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting applications for its Global Infectious Disease Research Training Award program. This initiative aims to ...

Dutch Elm Disease — we’ve all seen the signs warning about the transport of elm firewood at campgrounds and on roadways leading into towns and cities provincewide, but what is it exactly? We spoke ...

President John Mahama has appointed Dr George Smith-Graham as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). Dr Smith-Graham, who was the first CEO of the ...

It may be possible that a new infectious disease may be lurking within the symptoms of the common cold that everyone has experienced, such as coughing and a sore throat. It is essential to collect ...

HSV-1, which is mainly spread orally, is the leading cause of infectious blindness in Western countries. As well as eying off a clinical trial for this novel gum, the researchers are now looking ...