"TMVII is a specific type of fungus that is part of a larger family that causes the usually benign but irksome conditions such as ringworm, jock itch and athlete's foot," Dr. Hayden Andrews, an ...

Being overweight doesn’t just make people more susceptible to chronic illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes—it might also increase their risk of severe influenza and other infections, a new ...

Ear infections and earwax blockages are common issues, especially in children. Both can cause uncomfortable symptoms such as ear pain, pressure, or hearing loss. Understanding the signs can help you ...

“It doesn’t happen often, but a sinus infection can spread beyond the nasal passages and into the brain,” said Elizabeth Liptrap, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. “When ...

Severe pediatric head and neck infections, including periorbital cellulitis, otomastoiditis, and retropharyngeal abscesses, increased sevenfold in Sicily following the COVID pandemic. While public ...

Maternal infection and sepsis are major causes of maternal death and severe illness worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Inconsistent implementation of evidence-based ...

As sniffle season sets in, sinus infections are among the most common illnesses seen in doctors’ offices. For most people, they’re nothing more than an inconvenience and a few days of congestion, but, ...

The U.N. health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics. By Andrew Jacobs Across the world, the spread of dangerous infections that ...

Computer graphic image of a virus as seen like through a microscope. Senior Correspondent Most of us now view COVID-19 as more of a nuisance than a danger, thanks to vaccines and past exposure to the ...

When a hospitalized patient shows signs of a dangerous, potentially deadly infection, you’d expect clinicians to move quickly: testing to figure out what’s wrong, then treating with the right ...

The Staphylococcus bacteria that cause staph infections are with you always, minding their own business as they live on your skin and in your nose, per the Cleveland Clinic. But if they get inside ...

Fatal infections from "flesh-eating" bacteria Vibrio vulnificus are on the rise, with eight deaths and dozens more cases already this year, and experts warn that climate change is in part to blame.