Infectious diseases

One hundred years ago, celebrations marking the end of the First World War were cut short by the onslaught of a devastating disease: the 1918-19...

Scientists hope that a new approach to vaccine development, combined with improved surveillance of potential future threats of outbreak, could help...

Patients in intensive care units are at significant risk of potentially life-threatening secondary infections, including from antibiotic-resistant...

Field trials for a vaccine to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) would need to involve 500 herds – potentially as many as 75,000-...

How fast could a new flu epidemic spread? The results of the UK’s largest citizen science project of its kind ever attempted, carried out by...

An ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could be employed as an anti-malarial drug against strains of malaria parasite that have grown resistant...

New research uses innovative data modelling to predict which species acted as an intermediary between our ancestors and those of chimpanzees to carry...

A new app gives UK residents the chance to get involved in an ambitious, ground-breaking science experiment that could save lives.