Poppins partners with Remmie Health to enable virtual ear infection diagnosis for children using the FDA-registered ...

Researchers led by the University of Geneva and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne report that neural anticipation of virtual infection triggers an immune response through activation of innate ...

The mere sight of a sick person may set off an alarm system in your brain and body, even if they are too far away to infect you. A series of experiments using virtual reality headsets has now revealed ...

An encounter with a speeding car, a walk across an icy road, or exposure to germs: daily life comes with experiences that can potentially harm a person. Anticipating such threats and preparing for ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

You might instinctively flinch when someone nearby sneezes or coughs. That quick recoil is more than social conditioning — it’s the brain’s way of anticipating a potential infectious threat. New ...

In a new experiment, scientists used virtual reality to show that the brain can sense virtual infection to trigger the body’s immune system, before the first microbe ever makes contact. Study: Neural ...

Every day in the U.S., 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI). In addition to these patient infections, healthcare workers themselves are extremely ...

A new study reveals that simply seeing a visibly “infectious” figure can set off a chain reaction in the brain’s threat-detection circuits, triggering a measurable immune response, all without any ...