A team of researchers recently studied the immune response of hosts in vaccine-breakthrough infections and posted their findings to the bioRxiv* preprint server. The massive surge in coronavirus ...

In a recent study published in iScience, researchers assessed the effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection with a non-Omicron variant on SARS-CoV-2 BA.4/5 ...

With an estimated 1.14 million deaths worldwide annually caused by bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, a University of Leicester-led study shows that in hospital settings antimicrobial ...

Germs are hard to avoid. Everywhere you go, bacteria, viruses, and fungi are present. Most germs are harmless to healthy people, but they’re potentially dangerous to someone with cystic fibrosis. The ...

Over a 1-week period, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B was recovered from two patients in the intensive-care unit (ICU). A cross-infection was presumed when one patient developed invasive ...

THE Medical Research Council's War Memorandum, No. 11, entitled "The Control of Cross-Infection in Hospitals" (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1944. 6d. net) epitomizes a great deal of research on ...

The Health ministry has raised concern over cross infection cases in healthcare facilities, saying both public and private institutions need to be alert. Speaking at Afya House where she gave the ...

Between 1986 and 1993, we studied a breeding colony of Purple Martins (Progne subis) in Maryland that were chronically infected with two blood parasites: Haemoproteus prognei, a haematozoan, and an ...