Norovirus loves a cruise ship. So did the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. The crowded rooms, stuffy air, and communal ...

Researchers created a powerful tool to trace how microbes spread between people, improving outbreak tracking and disease ...

Discover the 25 deadliest infectious diseases of all time, ranked by their historical death toll. Learn about the pathogens ...

A new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) offers insights into cell death regulation by viruses like SARS-CoV-2, and how bats and humans respond differently to tricks that ...

Bats are known as natural hosts for highly pathogenic viruses such as MERS- and SARS-related coronaviruses, as well as the Marburg and Nipah viruses. In contrast to the severe and often fatal disease ...

Study finds that a classically anaerobic bacterium, ETBF, can benefit from, and even help create, an oxygen-rich environment.

The ability to detect viruses and other harmful pathogens is highly advantageous for animals, as it can guide their behavior ...

A new study led by University of British Columbia researchers has found that pet cats allowed to roam outside unsupervised ...

A new study in Science finds that the longer a mammal species is traded, the more pathogens it shares with humans. An ant ...