An 11-year-old boy came into the clinic with a fever, rash and lesions on his body. Infectious disease scientist and Chief Medical Director Dimie Ogoina examined him. At first, doctors thought it ...

If a person is bitten by a vector and becomes ill, it could be a vector-borne illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since the diagnosis of the first human case of ...

The findings also reveal a new target for a universal treatment for human autoimmune disease. More than two decades ago, a research team in the lab of David Hafler, a Yale researcher who at the ...

The buzzing insects are more than annoying — they spread disease. When they bite and drink blood from a person or animal they can pick up viruses or germs too. If they can go on to bite someone ...

It is a colourful example of what is known as a "human challenge trial" – an experiment in which a volunteer is deliberately exposed to a disease. It may sound dangerous, perhaps even reckless ...