That's been the general contention of the media, which, as a public service, have explained at some length the basics of fast-growing quantities, such as disease, to hammer home how something like a ...

Australia’s 2025 flu season lasted weeks longer than it normally does. Hong Kong’s hit so early that the rollout of seasonal ...

Our distinguished infectious disease epidemiology faculty at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health have experience in the biological, behavioral, and social aspects of infection and ...

We study the epidemiology of infectious diseases, investigate emerging infectious diseases, develop novel diagnostic methods and perform clinical trials on new treatments for major infections. Our ...

Beyond direct neutralization, antibodies induce, through their crystallizable fragment (Fc) domain, innate and adaptive immune responses critical to a successful host immune response against infection ...

Your body is home to a microbiome full of bacteria, pathogens, fungi, and viruses. Typically, they don’t cause any harm. But sometimes, microorganisms can cause disease. You can also contract ...

For some infectious diseases, this may be true. Climate change appears to be changing where and when some infectious diseases occur. However, this is not the case for all infectious diseases. Several ...

The Training Program in Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host aims to develop the next generation of physician and postdoctoral scientists with expertise in infectious diseases that ...

People often mistakenly believe that "infectious” means the same thing as “contagious”. However, they are not the same. Some infectious diseases are spread person-to-person (contagious) and others are ...