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McMaster researchers have found a new way to treat the world’s worst infectious diseases, the superbugs that are resistant to all known antibiotics. The discovery of an effective combination therapy...

A novel vaccine developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, protected cattle from respiratory syncytial virus...

Animal health officials with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection are urging all poultry owners, regardless of size, to increase biosecurity efforts now that two strains...

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) disease outbreak news update Friday, we learn of Lassa fever news in the African countries of Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso: Benin and Togo, exported from...

NSW Health is alerting recent travellers to Bali to watch for measles symptoms after two people – a Sydney resident and a Brisbane resident – returned to Australia infected with the disease. Both...

The Tennessee state veterinarian confirms that a flock of chickens at a commercial poultry breeding operation has tested positive for low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI). This chicken breeding operation...

Researchers have known that part of the challenge in treating penicillin-resistant infections lies in understanding the way bacteria inactivate penicillin antibiotics. The enzymes that do this, beta-lactamases,...

You’re much more likely to get a flu shot if your doctor makes the appointment for you, Rutgers researchers have discovered. A Rutgers study has found that doctors who take a proactive stance and...

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) update, at the end of February 2017, a total of 1916 laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), including 702...

People with asthma are likely to have worse symptoms when they get the flu because they have weaker immune systems, new Southampton research has shown. A study led by Dr Ben Nicholas, of the University...