This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that groom each other, and more.

Research on infection-associated chronic illnesses has been expanding due to the recognition of Long COVID; however, more is needed to develop effective treatments for individuals with Lyme IACI. The ...

Salivary Infection: Causes. The most common causes of acute salivary gland infections are bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus, or staph. Viruses and fungi can also cause infection in the glands ...

C reactive protein (CRP), a marker for the presence of an inflammatory process, is the most extensively studied marker for distinguishing bacterial from non-bacterial infections in febrile patients. A ...

All you wanted to know about naked zombies but were afraid to ask.

Infected skin wound healing involves a series of dynamic and complex physiological processes. In this study, we reported a dissolvable microneedle (MN) with pullulan as the matrix material. The ...

If you have an infected epidermoid cyst lurking in your belly button, it will probably look red, feel painful, and may have a smelly yellow or green discharge, Dr. Kaminska says. Four words for ...

More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after they were given contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s.

Australia once swaggered with sunburnt certainty. Now, it's a nation in flip-flops, fumbling for a purpose in a world that’s stopped laughing at the accent, writes Vince Hooper. ONCE UPON A TIME, ...

The moment also reinforces an awful truth that is often neglected with the raging undead: the world is being reclaimed by nature, and it does not need to be infected to be frightening. That bear fight ...

British scientists have warned against a new, highly contagious COVID-19 variant, Nimbus, which could spark a wave of infections this summer. The strain, also known as N.B.1.8.1, is descended from the ...