Infections: News and Research on Infections

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Influenza frequently missed in winter deaths, new study finds

A population-based study, published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection and due to be presented next week at ESCMID Global 2026, has found that influenza was detected in 11% of winter deaths, yet only 17% of these infections ...

Who should get the vaccine first? Lessons from the pandemic

It has been six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but one question remains relevant: Who should be first in line when vaccines are scarce? When COVID-19 vaccines first became available, supply was limited and ...

Flu treatment shields lungs, cuts pneumonia risk

A new flu treatment could drastically reduce one of flu's deadliest complications—bacterial pneumonia—by helping the lungs defend themselves, rather than targeting the virus directly. Influenza specialist Associate Professor ...

Drones and AI take flight to combat mosquito-borne disease

As warming temperatures spread dengue to new regions, Stanford researchers are using AI-powered drones to hunt down hidden mosquito breeding sites. Anyone who has left water standing in a wading pool or empty flower pot knows ...

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