News: Infectious Diseases

Epidemiologists found that treating even 20% of symptomatic cases would save lives and improve public health.

Bacteria use iron levels to store memories and pass them on to later generations, scientists have found.

A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and other institutions have unlocked a clue about how bacteria form biofilms.

A team led by Lauren Ehrlich found a link between myeloid cells and the cancer that often strikes children.

Drug candidate developed by Everett Stone and his team is effective in mice with cancers of skin, bladder, blood and colon.

Lauren Ancel Meyers and colleagues will help scale up decision-support tools that were successful in earlier outbreaks for use across jurisdictions.

A study in PLOS Computational Biology from University of Texas at Austin epidemiologists examined COVID infection and hospitalization rates by zip code.

The previously unknown molecule was just discovered two years earlier and appears to play important roles in health.

Every year, millions of people become sickened by RSV, and more than 100,000 die. New vaccines with a connection to UT Austin may help turn...

A novel imaging method using DNA-based fluorescent sensors is yielding new insights about the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.