Researchers at Harvard University and Jiangsu University developed a technique for not only identifying infected cells, but also tracking the infection over time as the cells developed. They published ...

Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), which includes conditions such as pneumonia, has long been the leading cause of death from communicable agents and a leading cause of death in children ...

Researchers have identified a promising way to predict bloodstream infections in children with high-risk leukemia days before the infection would be diagnosed using current standards of care. The test ...

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT ...

People with cystic fibrosis are prone to infections because of the thick mucus that clogs their airways. They are also prone to infections because their mucus and airway liquid does not have the same ...

Patients in two acute care university hospitals were entered into the study using the following method: twenty patients were selected each day from all floors/units in each hospital until the hospital ...

People are no longer asked to cover their mouth for a cough or sneeze. That was the old recommendation. The revised cough/sneeze guideline is to aim into the elbow. Germs are less likely to spread ...

While prior COVID infection offers some protection, vaccination is still the best method to avoid getting the coronavirus, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study.

The age-old practice of applying antiseptic to skin prior to surgery on closed fractures could soon shift after a study, published Feb. 1, in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that iodine in ...