By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. A lung pathogen grows stronger in iron-rich environments, but at the cost of its own virulence, ...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people infected with the virus don’t experience any symptoms. Others have to fight for their life. While some patients battle the illness over a couple ...

After the 2022 outbreak, patients continued to face physical and psychological challenges ...

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist ...

A new database targeting chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs)—a long-overlooked condition that may begin in childhood—is set to help researchers uncover why millions of women and girls worldwide ...

Brigham researchers found people with wide-ranging long COVID symptoms were twice as likely to have SARS-CoV-2 proteins in their blood, compared to those without long COVID symptoms A persistent ...

Respiratory infections are among the leading causes of illness and death in the elderly, driven by immune aging, chronic ...

You’ve heard of long Covid, a condition in which the acute infection subsides but troubling symptoms persist. Less well known is chronic Covid: The virus just doesn’t leave, sometimes staying in ...

When I was a child, I became accustomed to ear infections. At least once a year, I would feel the telltale symptoms: pressure, the uncanny feeling of being underwater when I tried to swallow, and ...

A new long COVID study shows that a persistent infection could explain why some people experience long-haul symptoms, according to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The Brigham team found ...