By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

MAP International, a global non-profit humanitarian organization, will leverage its broad network of nonprofit partners and health providers to ensure timely and safe delivery of Cuvrior® to patients ...

A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease, researchers at the ...

Discover the definition of communicable diseases, the symptoms of the different types, and how to avoid them here.

In the field of infectious diseases, a huge amount of excellent science has laid the basis for an understanding in molecular and cellular terms of how microbes (i.e. bacteria, viruses, parasites, ...

Just a few drops of oil and water may be enough to change how the world treats tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/Aids – the “big three infectious diseases”, also known as BTIDs. This was the ...

The kidney, a critical organ for waste filtration and fluid regulation, is the subject of a molecular mapping project that could reshape our understanding of renal health. Despite advances in ...

This Commission focuses on the vector-borne helminthiases onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, loiasis, and mansonellosis, which are widely endemic across large and diverse landscapes in sub-Saharan ...