Skin behind the ears and between the toes can host a collection of unhealthy microbes
Grandmother was right: Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those regions healthy,…
Grandmother was right: Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those regions healthy,…
Scientists have found a surprising effect of some antibiotics on certain bacteria – that the drugs can sometimes benefit bacteria,…
Findings from a nationwide, multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health…
A new international study led by Queen Mary University of London has shown mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections to…
Patients who still have health problems three months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, with symptoms ongoing for at least two months…
While myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID are not the same disease, they appear to have features of…
Findings from a two-year study of nearly 2,400 solid organ transplant recipients, conducted by the Johns Hopkins Transplant Research Center…
An unusual case of a Long Covid patient’s legs turning blue after 10 minutes of standing highlights the need for…
It is now almost a rule of thumb: As soon as an athlete falls to the ground with a sudden…
Scientists studying how poxviruses evade natural defences in human cells have identified a new approach to treatment that may be…
A medical therapy that inhibits the growth of cancer cells may one day be effective at treating Lyme disease, according…
In 2022-2023, an outbreak of monkeypox, now known as mpox (caused by the monkeypox virus or MPXV) led to 87,000…
When people who publicly reject COVID-19 vaccines later die from the disease, observers have complex reactions to their fates, a…
People who contract COVID-19 but never develop symptoms – the so-called super dodgers – may have a genetic ace up…
Do COVID vaccines affect the menstrual cycle? Soon after shots first started getting into arms, anecdotal reports began to surface…
Global efforts to reduce infectious disease rates must have a greater focus on older children and adolescents after a shift…
A team of scientists from around the globe, including those from Trinity College Dublin, has gained high-res structural insights into…
Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome are debilitating conditions with similar symptoms. Neither condition has diagnostic tests or treatments…
A review of more than 245,000 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines given to young children (most of them age 4…
Since it was identified in 1984 as the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…
Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID symptomsNIH-funded research effort identifies most common symptoms, potential subgroups, and…
Sepsis is a global health priority affecting 55 million patients worldwide and causing 11 million deaths annually. Treatment for sepsis…
In a Perspective, Troels Arbøll and Sophie Rasmussen review the ancient history of kissing, particularly the emergence of romantic-sexual kissing…
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a class of corticosteroids called glucocorticoids (GCs) have become established as one of…
Long COVID risk has been found to increase with low levels of vitamin D, according to research presented at the…
The protection offered by COVID-19 vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity than in those with normal weight,…
COVID-19, the disease resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection, is associated with highly variable clinical outcomes that range from asymptomatic disease to…
Twelve people with persistent neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection were intensely studied at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and…
Mpox patients treated with tecovirimat, an antiviral drug widely used since last summer’s outbreak, had similar outcomes regardless of HIV…
When new COVID-19 vaccines were first administered two years ago, public health officials found an increase in cases of myocarditis,…