What started as a sinus infection left a Long Island teenager fighting for his life, requiring emergency brain surgery.

The virus is the human polyomavirus 2, commonly called either the JC virus or John Cunningham virus, named after the poor ...

Infection risk is elevated around the time of cirrhosis diagnosis vs years prior, with the elevated risk persisting post-diagnosis; the risk is notably higher in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

But some of the most important things that moms share with their babies are transferred before birth, in the form of ...

Calculator could streamline assessment and standardize urine testing in febrile preverbal children in emergency departments.

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Hundreds of thousands of people who use at-home catheters risk a troublesome – and occasionally ...

Recent infection may raise cryptogenic stroke odds in younger adults. Read more about coagulation biomarkers and stroke risk.

The HIV prevention shot lenacapavir will be rolled out at South African clinics within the next couple of months — from 2027, ...

Metabolites in tissue fluid offer important clues that could help predict infection risk among women who undergo breast ...

Meningitis, especially the bacterial form linked to this outbreak, can progress rapidly.

Sudden drop in milk production, thickened milk, and cows under movement restrictions. Since 2024, American farmers have had bitter experiences with the feared bird flu (H5N1), which in several cases ...