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New research shows that virus infections change the queen’s pheromone, which may lead to a grim demise.
Chikungunya is a viral infection spread by the Aedes mosquito.
Poorly maintained AC units can harbour numerous infectious microbes.
This recent study highlights just how great of an affect viral infections can have on our health in both the short-term and long-term.
A cold will make your snot thicker and it may change colour.
Much, if not all, long COVID appears to be driven by the virus persisting in the body. Formal proof remains elusive but here’s what the science shows.
Travellers to South and Central America are being warned to avoid biting insects after a rise in cases of the potential fatal disease caused by Oropouche virus. Here’s what you need to know.
Wearing goggles and ear plugs while swimming can help protect you from illness.
Sepsis causes 11 million deaths globally each year.
A growing body of evidence suggests the main driver of MS is an abnormal immune response to Epstein-Barr virus.
A pediatrician and preventive medicine physician explains how measles vaccines became victims of their own success and the risk that rising outbreaks pose to everyone.
Climate change is causing dengue-carrying mosquitoes to spread. Could the disease become endemic in Europe?
We’ve all heard of antibiotic resistance. The same thing is happening with other causes of infections in humans: fungi, viruses and parasites. This is making thrush and other infections hard to treat.
Hepatitis C treatments are up to 95% effective when caught early.
The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.
Inflammation and damage to the olfactory system from shingles, COVID-19 and herpes infections may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
Using a Nobel Prize-winning technique called cryo-EM, researchers were able to identify potential areas on the hepatitis C virus that a vaccine could target.
Respiratory syncytial virus may be common, but it can lead to severe infection in some children.
Evidence is growing there are changes to your immune system that may put you at risk of other infectious diseases.
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Biologiste, Immunologiste. Directeur de recherches au FNRS, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
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Laureate Professor Emeritus, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor in Microbiology and Molecular Biology, UNSW
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Public Health Registrar in the Division of Public Health Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Clinical Senior Lecturer, Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
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Distinguished Professor, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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Chief Research Scientist, Virology Project Leader, CSIRO
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Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University