A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart outbreaks of infections from the Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium, a leading cause ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve ...

It's not always easy to spot, for starters.

According to the Arizona Department of Agriculture, one horse in Maricopa County has tested positive for respiratory equine herpesvirus (EHV). The horse lives at a private facility, where 32 horses ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus with no vaccine and no targeted antiviral treatment, is among the respiratory illnesses currently going around in the United States alongside ...

Respiratory tract infections continue to impose a substantial global disease burden, with lower respiratory tract infections remaining the leading cause of death worldwide. According to 2021 data from ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

Like Hendra virus, Nipah is in a category of viruses called henipaviruses. It is zoonotic, meaning it can spread from animals to humans. As I explained in a previous Conversation article, outbreaks ...

India is battling an outbreak of Nipah Virus in its eastern state of West Bengal that has seen five people confirmed infected and nearly 100 people placed in quarantine. The outbreak is reported to ...

After two cases of the deadly Nipah virus were reported in India, authorities said the outbreak is contained. India’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that all identified contacts with the two Nipah cases ...

Gynecologists long viewed bacterial vaginosis as solely a women’s issue — until a study that treated their male partners, too, proved otherwise. By Rachel E. Gross Rarely does a single study change ...

The odds are fairly high that everyone around you is currently sick. But you’re not imagining things if it seems like your typical sore throat is worse than usual. A “mystery throat virus” is going ...