Common viral diseases include the common cold, influenza, viral gastroenteritis, and hepatitis. Common bacterial diseases include strep throat, salmonella, tuberculosis, whooping cough ...

updated its Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL). In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Hatim Sati, MD, from the WHO’s Division of Antimicrobial Resistance in Geneva, Switzerland, and his team ...

Researchers uncover why the body may keep reacting to a hidden threat even long after the bacteria are gone. As many as 20 ...

Infectious diseases also known as contagious diseases, transmissible diseases or communicable diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms that infect a host organism and can be spread ...

A dead rabbit found in central Illinois tested positive for a bacterial disease last week, prompting the local health department to urge residents to monitor their families and pets for signs of ...

All 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to miss global goals on combating infectious diseases, according to a new analysis in PLOS Medicine tracking ...