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Animal studies carried out by the team showed that the gel is an effective vehicle for delivering several treatments for infectious disease such as malaria, parasites, and bacterial infections, in pill form

Infectious Disease Specialist at the Royal College of Surgeons, Professor Sam McConkey, told Newstalk Breakfast what we can expect from the disease and how to ensure you don't catch it

COVID is here to stay, the country’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday.

About 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been detected so far outside of the countries where it usually spreads, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday, urging countries to increase surveillance for the infectious disease.

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

Research into emerging viruses needs to be stepped up, and fast. And a decent boost in funding would be handy too.

PROFESSOR Rowland Kao is the chair of veterinary epidemiology and data science at Edinburgh University. The biologist has done extensive research…

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

In light of the approaching winter months combined with the recent lifting of the national disaster act, South Africans have anxiously been watching an increase in COVID infections. The Conversation Africa spoke to infectious disease specialist Veronica Ueckermann about the current trajectory of the pandemic in the country.

This could become the largest outbreak of monkeypox in countries outside of Africa — but there's no need to panic, an infectious disease expert says.