As a student, Mr David Low* made every effort to take part in physical education lessons, but eczema flare-ups often kept him ...

A few weeks in, Mitchell’s pediatrician began pressuring her to get her baby to gain weight, but he struggled with feeding.

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor ...

Frailty emerged as an independent risk factor for severe infection and end-stage renal disease or death across different age ...

Intermountain Health has received funding for a project aiming to improve the use of antibiotics for children with ...

Researchers have a new battle tactic to fight drug-resistant bacterial infections. Their strategy involves using collections of bacteriophages, viruses that naturally attack bacteria.

Here's how to safely use antibiotics while pregnant, and some practical tips to help prevent and manage infections.

Harvard Medical School scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed a drug-free nasal spray that coats the inner ...

A new grant will help Wayne State University researchers explore the links between bacterial infections, the environmental factors that increase their susceptibility and the risk of preterm birth.

Foundation for Neglected Disease Research has described flavonoid compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections.

Loa loa infections affect up to 20 million people in Central and West Africa, but options for treatment and control are widely inadequate. Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt reports.

Taking a dose of the oral antibiotic doxycycline after a high-risk sexual encounter has dramatically reduced the incidence of ...