Climate change, aging populations, and antimicrobial resistance will reshape infection prevention, requiring cross sector collaboration, better data systems, and targeted vaccination by 2040.

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the accuracy and speed at which often deadly pathogen infections can be identified and treated. This is time that, in many cases, is critical to saving a ...

Pathogenic bacteria often delay the activation of their virulence program until they are inside the host. Researchers have ...

A collaborative team has re-engineered the process of microbial pathogen identification in blood samples from pediatric sepsis patients using broad-spectrum pathogen capture technology. The advance ...

A research team has discovered a fundamental mechanism that helps the dreaded hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to survive. This mechanism explains why the pathogen is difficult to eradicate ...

Some pathogens use temperature as a trigger and activate virulence only after entering the warmer environment of a host. A ...

Europe’s next two decades will test whether closer cooperation, trusted data sharing, and community-centered prevention can outpace fragmentation and rising infectious risks.

Animal-borne illnesses that infect humans, known as zoonotic viruses, require little to no evolution before jumping between ...

The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, as seen under an optical microscope. It's listed as a critical priority on the WHO's new report of most harmful fungal pathogens. BSIP / Education Images / Universal ...

Mary Duncan, R.N., MSN, CIC, is the senior director of Infection Prevention for the UAB Health System, with 18 years of experience implementing best practices at various health facilities. Her ...