A wastewater surveillance test is helping health officials watch for illness and protect public health during the College ...

Officials are warning about a deadly combination of fungal, parasitic and bacterial infections that could push some snake ...

When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells to cause infection and illness. Reporting in Cell, researchers have now ...

NIH scientists are accused of smuggling monkeypox samples into the U.S. and lying to federal agents about the contents.

The National Wastewater Surveillance System in Georgia is testing 26 counties twice a week for pathogens, including Richmond ...

A research team from Kiel University has demonstrated which specific cellular mechanisms lead to the targeted weakening of bacterial pathogens, thereby increasing the effectiveness of antibiotic ...

How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...

Infections with ESKAPE pathogens are associated with high mortality rates and other severe outcomes like prolonged hospitalization, higher treatment failure rates, and increased risk of intensive care ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. It all started when Christopher Mason’s 3-year-old daughter licked a subway pole. Like any parent, he was horrified, but also keenly curious: What types ...