Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Rasha Elshenawy highlighted the promise of AI in antimicrobial stewardship but warned that use must be responsible in exclusive insight from ESCMID Global 2026.

WHO-recommended first-line antibiotics for neonatal sepsis are likely to be effective in only 25% of cases in LMICs, according to new findings presented at ESCMID Global 2026.

Antibiotic resistance genes have been found in newborns within hours of birth, according to new research presented at ESCMID Global 2026.

Antiretroviral therapy has been found to reduce accelerated biological ageing in people with HIV by nearly 4 years in a landmark study presented at ESCMID Global 2026.

Cerebral malaria and severe malarial anaemia are tied to long-term cognitive impairment in children under five, according to new research presented at ESCMID Global 2026.

Maternal RSV vaccination cuts infant hospitalisation risk by over 80%, according to a new major UKHSA study presented at ESCMID Global 2026.

Influenza is frequently missed in winter deaths, a new Spanish study presented at ESCMID Global 2026 has found.

Wildlife trade increases pathogen sharing with humans, with each decade in trade linked to one additional zoonotic pathogen per species.