Emerging Diseases News

ID is a dynamic field that is constantly changing. The types of infections we’re talking about today are different than what we may have been talking about 5 years ago. So, it’s intellectually stimulating and challenging.

Researchers developed a low-cost rapid test to detect an invasive species of mosquito that has adapted to live near humans in urban environments, which they hope can be used in areas far from medical labs.

Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined.

More than 70 million adults — or one in four — in the United States reported having a disability in 2022, according to a press release from the CDC.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A critical care nurse who served in a New York City ICU recounted how a commitment to lifelong learning helped her develop a treatment protocol that saved lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The risk for developing long COVID declined over the course of the pandemic but has remained significant, researchers reported.

Ivory Coast administered the first doses of the world’s second malaria vaccine this week, according to the vaccine’s manufacturers, marking the latest development in a decades-long effort to control the deadly mosquito-borne disease.

The CDC said it has confirmed four new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Colorado poultry workers and is aware of a fifth presumptive-positive case.

Children with presymptomatic type 1 diabetes progressed more quickly to type 1 diabetes after having COVID-19, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

The severity of a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection is likely to be similar to the severity of a patient’s initial infection, researchers found.