Epidemiology

Early exposure to antibiotics can disrupt an infant’s gut microbiota and predispose them to childhood obesity, finds an observational study.

A study implicates novel genetic risk factors in a rare and aggressive lymphoma affecting Asian populations.

Surveillance and contact tracing are key to limiting the widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the community, experts find.

Antiviral strategies against COVID-19 broadly fall into two groups: those that target the virus and those that target the host factors that are essential for virus replication.

Findings from an intensive genomic study contradict the conventional explanation—viral mutation—as the cause of dengue fever outbreaks