Poliomyelitis, also known as polio, is a contagious disease caused by the poliovirus. Thanks to the development of effective vaccines, the poliovirus has been largely eradicated and was endemic in
The World Health Summit (WHS), held annually in Berlin, is a key forum for international exchange on global health policy. Representatives from science, politics, business, and civil society discuss
Doctors and scientists from the University Hospitals Leipzig (UKL) and Mannheim (UMM), and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) and the Bernhard
On October 8, 2025, the German Federal Cabinet approved a draft law to amend the Hospital Reform Act (KHAG). In a joint statement, numerous professional societies and associations criticized the
Prof. Ulrike Protzer, Director of the Institute of Virology at Helmholtz Munich, Chair for Virology at the Technical University of Munich and Coordinator of the research area Hepatitis at the German
Prof. Dr. Florian Klein, scientist at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), director of the Institute of Virology at University Hospital of Cologne, and a leading international expert in
Prof. Rolf Müller, Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at Saarland University and scientist in the German
The Parliamentary Group against Antimicrobial Resistance (PKAMR) was reconstituted on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. It continues the work of the previous legislative period's parliamentary group. The
A new study with support from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) warns of the dawn of an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) epidemic in Europe, threatening to leave
An international research team led by scientists from the DZIF at the University of Cologne has discovered an antibody that neutralizes the human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 in almost all tested
