News: Infectious Diseases

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.

A biologist at UT Austin who played a key role in the development of COVID-19 and RSV vaccines has received honors for the far-reaching impact...

Alone, this target might not be strong enough to directly block infection, but might be used to jump-start or boost an immune response.

Lauren Ancel Meyers leads a National Science Foundation-funded pilot grant to establish the UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science.

Researchers at UT Austin are involved in some of the most exciting areas of science and driving groundbreaking discoveries and technologies that impact our world.

Nancy Moran receives the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology from the National Academy of Sciences.

It might enable inexpensive, highly sensitive at-home diagnostic tests for COVID-19, influenza, Ebola and more.

Undergraduate students at UT Austin are recognized for their work which could save bats from a condition that is often deadly and dangerous.