Combating infectious diseases and the threat of antimicrobial resistance remains one of the greatest global challenges.
Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If the UK was facing a flu pandemic, how could we...
Researchers find that African bats have antibodies that neutralise a deadly virus.
Cambridge scientists, and their map-making skills, are contributing to an annual worldwide public health endeavour – the race to select a vaccine...
Researchers have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei that causes melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious...
Veterinary research in Cambridge is spearheading a new generation of preventive methods to protect livestock from disease.
Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in both humans and dairy cows.
A mobile phone app developed by Cambridge researchers that tracks how people behave during an epidemic could be used to limit disease spread.
A mathematical toolkit could dramatically reduce crop losses from pests and pathogens, helping to safeguard future food security.
Having diabetes in mid-life may reduce a person’s life expectancy by an average of six years, according to a large, multinational study coordinated...
Scientists have identified a diabetes drug which halves the mortality rate of a deadly infectious disease found throughout Southeast Asia and...
Breakthrough could prevent future bird flu epidemics.
Work in resource-restricted healthcare settings in south-east Asia is defining the transmission of hospital ‘superbugs’ using low-tech diagnostics...
