Dr Mark Porter has shared the key signs that your flu has developed into pneumonia as the NHS battles a surge in severe cases with one in three patients requiring intensive care ...

Researchers have described how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus genetically adapts to humans, including mutations that allow some strains to evade the immune system and become resistant to ...

Following the recent diagnosis of Boris Johnson's wife with pneumonia, doctors have wanted that it is due to bacterial ...

The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, adapts to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that American adults over the age of 50 receive the ...

Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.

In addition, if someone is very ill, they could have another disease. Perhaps what they have isn’t a simple cold but rather a ...

There has been an uptick in cases of norovirus (or “winter vomiting disease”), since it’s more common in the winter.

Pseudomonasis a type of bacteria that's commonly found outdoors, such as in soil and water. It can also thrive in moist places indoors. Some types of this germ, especially Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.