Doctors assumed he had the seasonal flu and thought he would get better with proper nutrition, hydration and rest. But his ...

Amid the ongoing spread of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in India, state governments have intensified their safety measures, ...

Abdominal pain in your upper or lower pelvis where your bladder sits could have a non-infectious cause. Learn what causes ...

Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.

Early childhood infections significantly increase the risk of severe infections and antibiotic use later in childhood, ...

The change was prompted by postmarketing observational studies that suggest an increased risk of GBS within 42 days of ...

Analysis of the intervention, implemented at 49 urgent care clinics, found the biggest reductions among clinicians who were ...

With many viruses now on the rise, it can be hard to know which illness you have and how to handle it. A doctor helps you to ...

Antibiotics are ineffective against viral infections like human metapneumovirus (HMPV). HMPV affects the respiratory system, and antibiotics, designed ...

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a critical vulnerability in drug-resistant bacteria: zinc -- or a lack thereof. In a recent study, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, ...

A viral outbreak in China sounds alarmingly familiar to 2019, back in the days before most of us had ever heard of the ...

HMPV is a respiratory virus that causes both upper and lower respiratory tract infections, with symptoms similar to the ...