You wake up with a scratchy throat and that vague feeling of unwellness. Is it just allergies? The start of a cold? Or something that might need antibiotics? Knowing the difference between viral and ...

Imagine your body as the town of Hawkins that’s being hunted by the monsters of Upside Down! In reality, that’s what infections are. Your body is constantly fighting battles to keep you healthy.

Hidden Infection Symptoms: If there is a disease or problem in the body, its symptoms begin to appear. Let's explore what reveals the symptoms of an infection. Sometimes our bodies appear perfectly ...

New research reveals how our immune cells use the body's fat stores to fight infection. The research could help develop new approaches to treating people with bacterial infections. And the team say ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess, is a ...

We see many people in our clinic with newly acquired tattoos and body piercings and are having a difficult time discerning if the artwork or jewelry is infected or just going through a "normal" ...

Researchers have used a method of total-body imaging to measure and track the body’s immune response to viral infection. The method is a promising platform for studying human immunity in greater ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. SARS-CoV-2's infection sites are well known in the airways and other parts of the body, but new ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers determined whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) could be transmitted from a dead body. Study: Can ...

High body temperature increases gut microbiota-dependent host resistance to influenza virus infection. Mice were kept at 22, 28, 34, or 36 °C for 7 d before influenza virus infection and throughout ...