A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford has shed light on how COVID-19 vaccines reduce the severity of illness, even when vaccinated people do get infected. The findings help explain why vaccinated...
In a major milestone for biomedical science, researchers led by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have unveiled one of the world’s largest and most...
When a blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) bites into human skin, it does more than simply take a blood meal. Through its saliva, the tick injects a complex cocktail of proteins designed to suppress the host’s immune...
A groundbreaking study led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reveals that unvaccinated children and adolescents were up to 20 times more likely to develop long COVID than their...
A recent surge in infections across Latin America has propelled the Oropouche virus, an arbovirus long considered a marginal health threat, into the global spotlight. Like dengue and Zika, Oropouche virus (OROV) causes...
A groundbreaking nationwide study from France has sounded a sobering alarm about the long-term health consequences faced by individuals hospitalized with COVID-19, underscoring the pandemic’s enduring shadow on...
Antibiotic resistance is rapidly becoming one of the gravest threats to global health. With projections suggesting that drug-resistant infections could surpass cancer as a leading cause of death within the coming...
A groundbreaking study led by Stanford Medicine has unveiled a compelling link between the shingles vaccine and a reduced risk of dementia in older adults. Analyzing health records from over 280,000 individuals in...
In a significant step forward for global health security, researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have developed a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of identifying animal species that...
The University of Oxford in partnership with the Coler Lab at Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI) has begun a new clinical trial called TB045, which aims to test tuberculosis (TB) vaccine safety and the host...