In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 75% of hospitalized COVID patients received antibiotics on admission, ...

There have been 20 cases since the weekend in one small area of Kent - but this isn't the normal pattern, so what could have happened?

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

It could enable doctors to diagnose infections such as pneumonia much quicker - without the need for invasive blood tests.

A critically ill 33-year-old man survived an almost unimaginable scenario—living for 48 hours without lungs—thanks to a groundbreaking surgical approach. After a severe flu-triggered infection ...

According to WHO, approximately 6% of the worldwide population who contract COVID-19—some 400 million people—go on to develop ...

Two international studies, a clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and University of Utrecht, and a qualitative ...

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 ...