In March 2025, the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) advised that clade I mpox no longer meets the criteria for a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) and recommended derogation.

New knowledge regarding the infectiousness and less frequent clinical manifestations of the varicella zoster virus should have consequences for infection prevention and control, clinical diagnostics ...

AI tool detects brain lesions linked to epilepsy Project leads Dr Konrad Wagstyl, Dr Sophie Adler and Dr Mathilde Ripart, working on the MELD AI algorithm at King's College London.

Pimples and other lesions can form when hair follicles become clogged with oil or dead skin cells. Some people with ulcerative colitis struggle with acne due to inflammation, or as a side effect ...

Quit or avoid smoking. Smoking damages teeth and gums. Plus it can trigger Crohn’s flares and contribute to mouth cancer lesions, which might be mistaken for Crohn’s disease mouth ulcers. [9] ...

3. Cutaneous Metastatic Cancers Cutaneous metastasis occurs when cells from a cancer in the body spread to the skin. Metastatic skin lesions may originate from various other types of cancer. Another ...