The US Food and Drug Administration green lights a therapy for an extreme form of multidrug resistant TB.

Researchers aim to deploy the trial in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by Ebola for a year.

Bats are infected with the microbe that causes white-nose syndrome, but the disease itself has not shown up.

The devastating outbreak of the disease that has led to millions of pig deaths in East Asia has intensified efforts to develop a vaccine quickly, but the virus presents several challenges that are yet to be overcome.

Wide availability of infection control and diagnostic resources is required to control outbreaks early.

The cases, which spread from the outbreak in the DRC, include a five-year-old boy who died.

Those with two copies of the Δ32 allele in the CCR5 gene are 21 percent more likely to die by age 76, although it’s not clear why.

Quieting immune attacks against pathogens and even providing nutrients to the invaders could improve health, according to a new line of research.

Symbiotic bacteria, metabolism, and stress pathways can all help animals tolerate, rather than succumb, to disease.