Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Having a chronic respiratory infection in addition to bronchiectasis heightened the risk for an exacerbation and ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute have identified a previously unknown type of immune system memory B cell (MBC) that can cause poor antibody responses in chronic ...

Chronic hepatitis D coinfection affects an estimated 12 million people globally, with higher prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries, especially the African and Western Pacific regions.

Schlesinger is a physician-scientist and professor, president, and CEO of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization in San Antonio, Texas. The connection between infection ...

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 ...

Grace C Roberts works at the University of Leeds and receives funding from the MRC. As the COVID pandemic rolls on, we’re becoming all too familiar with the continued emergence of new variants. Some ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he will prioritize preventing chronic disease, shifting funding from vaccine and infectious disease ...

Sinuses are interconnected, hollow spaces located in the skull that connect to the nasal passages. They help filter the air we breathe and act as another level of immune defense. Sinuses are lined ...

Q: I have developed an episodic but chronic cough. My wife thought it could be due to my acid reflux. Is that a real thing? A: We cough to protect our airway or because something irritates the airway.

This article is part of an ongoing series investigating the link between chronic infections and the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here, we give an overview of a novel preprint by the Grubaugh ...

Virologist Sissy Sonnleitner tracks nearly every COVID-19 case in Austria’s rugged eastern Tyrol region. So, when one woman there kept testing positive for months on end, Sonnleitner was determined to ...