Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he's conducted fieldwork where these parasites live. After one trip to Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island where ticks ...
Apr 23, 2026
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Flu shots will no longer be required for every U.S. service member.
Apr 22, 2026
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Wanted: a cheap, multipotent treatment for viral infections. Must be able to handle new or unfamiliar strains, or (even better) a broad range of viruses—whatever comes along, in other words. Must be impervious to viral attempts ...
Apr 22, 2026
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Some 254 million people live with a chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection that is often asymptomatic for decades, only to emerge in an advanced stage of disease that turns to fatal cirrhosis or liver cancer in nearly a million ...
Apr 22, 2026
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Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) does not reduce hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated adults at higher risk of severe COVID-19, despite helping them recover faster, according to results from two national trials published ...
Apr 22, 2026
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A federal report pointing out the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines may never be released, according to multiple people familiar with the decision.
Apr 22, 2026
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A new Yale study published in JAMA Network Open finds that the virus that causes COVID-19 does not linger in placental tissue weeks to months after a pregnant woman recovers from infection—offering important reassurance for ...
Apr 22, 2026
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Europe is facing a sharp rise in heat-related deaths, deteriorating working conditions, growing food insecurity, and increased risks of climate-sensitive infectious diseases, according to a new report on climate change and ...
Apr 22, 2026
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Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), long known as chronic fatigue syndrome, is now recognized as a complex, multi-system disease. However, it remains a medical enigma whose underlying causes are poorly understood, leaving those ...
Apr 22, 2026
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An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells. While the virus—Cardioderma cor coronavirus (CcCoV) KY43, or CcCoV-KY43—can bind to a cell receptor found ...
Apr 22, 2026
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