The Health and Human Services Department under Kennedy took unprecedented steps to change how vaccines are evaluated, ...

How to know if an infection has been caused by a virus or bacteria At some point, you've probably sat across from a doctor who looked at your tired face and said, “It’s just a viral fever.” ...

If you’ve ever felt queasy after eating during the rainy season, it might be more than just a bad meal. Gastroenteritis is caused by bacteria and viruses that thrive in contaminated water. It usually ...

The bacteria Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus, which are present in rats' urine, saliva, and feces, cause rat-bite fever, or RBF, a serious illness. In addition, other potential ...

World Food Safety Day is observed every year on June 7 to understand what makes food unsafe and how to prevent foodborne diseases. Foodborne illnesses are usually infectious or toxic and caused by ...

Infection by the orf virus was first described in sheep by Steeb in 1787 and in goats in 1879. The first case in humans was reported by Newson and Cross in 1934 (1, 4, 5, 7). The orf virus belongs to ...

Airborne diseases can travel distances greater than 6 feet and remain infectious in the air from minutes to hours. This largely depends on the type of ventilation and preventative measures inside ...

The vast majority of vector-borne diseases in the U.S. are caused by ticks and the viruses, bacteria, and parasites they carry. Between 2019-2022, all 50 states and Washington, D.C. reported cases of ...

Human health is affected by a vast spectrum of ailments, collectively called diseases, which obstruct the proper functioning of the body and may stem from diverse origins, including genetic ...

In the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, one of the most pressing questions for researchers was how the SARS-CoV-2 virus was transmitted. Some physicians and public-health specialists ...

But according to Giugno, there’s a much more natural way to stop acne and get to the root of the problem: phages, a virus that infects bacteria.

A significant increase in the demand for laboratory tests for the diagnosis of infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae has been observed in Latvia. While about 500 examinations were carried out in ...