The girl has suffered from chronic UTIs since the age of 8, with symptoms including painful urination, needing to urinate ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he will prioritize preventing chronic disease, shifting funding from vaccine and infectious disease ...

"If you’ve been hearing renewed debate about the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, you’re not alone. A mix of policy proposals, selective research ...

The first new antibiotic for UTIs in nearly 30 years has been approved by regulators. Gepotidacin, also known as Blujepa, is “first-in-its-class”, which means it uses a unique mechanism to treat UTIs, ...

Respiratory infections are among the leading causes of illness and death in the elderly, driven by immune aging, chronic ...

When I was a child, I became accustomed to ear infections. At least once a year, I would feel the telltale symptoms: pressure, the uncanny feeling of being underwater when I tried to swallow, and ...

Researchers found that a common antibiotic-resistant bacterium prevents wounds from healing by chemically paralyzing skin cells rather than attacking them directly. Scientists from an international ...

A new database targeting chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs)—a long-overlooked condition that may begin in childhood—is ...

Symptoms often include facial pressure, congestion and fatigue — It affects about 37 million Americans each year — Infections ...

Schlesinger is a physician-scientist and professor, president, and CEO of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization in San Antonio, Texas. The connection between infection ...

Chronic lung infections pose a disproportionate threat to older adults, yet the biological mechanisms behind age-specific ...