Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Two major trials show metformin taken during acute COVID-19 lowers long COVID risk, is safe, and could be added to outpatient treatment guidelines.

HPV vaccination rates among schoolchildren in England stay below pre-pandemic levels, with 1 in 4 still unprotected against key cancers.

Influenza D and canine coronavirus HuPn-2018 could fuel future respiratory epidemics amid diagnostic and surveillance gaps, experts warn.

New modelling study estimates major lifetime health and cost burden from frailty and falls in people with HIV in the USA, highlighting need for prevention.

How does repeat influenza vaccination affect antibody responses? Study finds early immune boosts may be smaller, but protection later remains similar.

Babies rapidly share gut microbes at nursery, with peer contact shaping the infant microbiome as strongly as family by the first year of life.

Amplicon-based sequencing may boost severe pneumonia diagnosis in ICU, particularly for fungal infections and immunosuppressed patients.

New sero-genomic research suggests hidden mpox exposure in healthy Nigerian adults, highlighting residual smallpox immunity and surveillance gaps.