Boost your summer break in 2026
15 Jul 2026 Cambridge experts share their tips to help prevent common holiday health problems, so you can get the most out of your time away.
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Combating infectious diseases and the threat of antimicrobial resistance remains one of the greatest global challenges.
Sexually transmitted diarrhoea spreading rapidly among some networks of gay men in the UK, study finds
09 Jul 2026 Many men who have sex with men remain unaware of the growing risk posed by sexually transmitted Shigella, say researchers, as a new study shows...
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COVID-19 vaccine boosters may help protect against future animal coronaviruses
01 Jul 2026 COVID-19 vaccine boosters not only protect against SARS-CoV-2 – the virus behind the most recent pandemic – but may also help protect against some...
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What’s causing so many disease outbreaks - and can we stop them in time?
26 Jun 2026 Global changes are driving the emergence of dangerous new infectious diseases and accelerating their spread. Cambridge scientists are working to stay...
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Discovery of severe pneumonia subtypes could lead to tailored treatments for life-threatening disease
23 Jun 2026 Cambridge researchers have shown that severe pneumonia has three different subtypes, helping explain why some patients in intensive care units (ICUs)...
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Oldest strains of plague caused deadly outbreaks 5,500 years ago
17 Jun 2026 Researchers have reconstructed the earliest known plague genomes, and shown for the first time that early forms of plague caused deadly outbreaks long...
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New strategy to tackle bovine TB in England
10 Jun 2026 A new strategy published today sets out a clear, practical plan to achieve Officially Bovine TB-Free status in England by 2038, backed by an ambition...
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Can we feed the world without breaking the planet?
06 May 2026 The global food system is more productive than ever, but it's pushing natural systems out of balance in the extreme. Can science help farmers produce...
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Malaria shaped the distribution of early humans across Africa
22 Apr 2026 A new study suggests that malaria influenced where early humans lived in sub-Saharan Africa between around 74,000 and 5,000 years ago, fragmenting...
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Scientists find a new way coronaviruses can get into human cells
22 Apr 2026 An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells.
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