Infectious diseases

The race is on to find a vaccine against the new COVID-19 coronavirus. Professor Jonathan Heeney explains why a cautious approach is needed and how...

Emma Glennon is a PhD candidate in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Here, she tells us about her research on...

Valentina Ndolo is a Gates Cambridge Scholar in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, where she is a PhD student developing mathematical models to...

Some MRSA infections could be tackled using widely-available antibiotics, suggests new research from an international collaboration led by scientists...

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-...