The combination of climate change and pathogen expansion could be fueling a surge in infectious diseases. GEN consulted ...

A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to ...

Exposure to fire smoke-which can be composed of particulate matter, gases, materials from buildings such as perfluoroalkyl ...

The human body is naturally equipped with defenses to fight off viral infections. For a virus to successfully infect it, it must first overcome these defenses. To do so, viruses have evolved ...

There are two ways that HIV patients’ bodies can keep the virus under control after they stop antiretroviral therapy, a new ...

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

The virus, spread by ticks, can cause a disease that leads to swelling of the brain and permanent health problems in half of severe cases.

Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are working to turn the findings into therapies ...

Sierra Leoneans are worried by the increasing number of mpox cases and deaths that have been recorded in 2025.

The great effect that pathogens have exerted on the human genome is demonstrated by positive selection for traits such as sickle-cell hemoglobin (Sabeti et al., 2006).

Levels of microplastics found in the environment have surged in the past few decades, with current plastic production at more than 300 million tons annually, and an estimated 2.5 million tons ...