A case of influenza can make even the toughest people take to their beds and lose their appetites. Now, scientists have identified neurons in mice that notify the brain of a flu infection, triggering ...

Health chiefs have detected a new kind of infection in the UK which is making people ill - with some even ending up in hospital. The Candidozyma auris (C. auris) is a type of yeast which has ‘only ...

The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research from UC San Francisco that offers ...

Inflammation and low oxygen levels may cause cognitive problems. LUNGS Early evidence of oxygen limitations. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Vascular damage and blood clots may trigger fatigue. IMMUNE SYSTEM ...

UC San Francisco scientists have developed an imaging tool that could soon allow doctors to locate and visualize bacterial infections in the body and to rule out other common causes of inflammation, ...

Guinea pigs were studied during a 28-day period following a single oral dose of Trichinella spiralis larvae to obtain information on the lethality of T. spiralis for this host and the effect of ...

A 17-year-old Memphis teen is still suffering from painful side effects more than a month after he contracted a parasitic worm infection while on a mission trip in Florida. Michael Dumas, who was ...

The patient has received no regular treatment for her infection but is a rare “elite controller” of the virus who, eight years after she was first diagnosed, shows no signs of active infection and ...

Two men were left riddled with parasitic worms after they received infected kidney transplants at two U.S. hospitals, a new case report reveals. The two kidneys had come from the same organ donor, who ...