Disease and death are back in the headlines. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently outpacing response efforts, and concerns about hantavirus linger, as new patients test ...

Many fungi lead triple lives—acting as deadly insect pathogens, decomposers in the soil, and helpful partners living inside ...

As human cases of flea-borne murine typhus continue to occur in South Texas, researchers are working to better understand the ...

The World of Air By Carl Zimmer, Translated by Lee Sang-hoon, Dasan Books, 632 pages, 33,000 Korean won “Distrust in science ...

What is urgently needed is a shift from pathogen-specific diagnostics toward pathogen-agnostic diagnostic systems,” write ...

A Duke University study showed that more than half of emergency medical service ambulances and about two-thirds of EMS ...

Globally, childhood vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives since 1974. That is the year in which the World Health Organisation launched its Expanded Programme on Immunisation. It provides ...

Detecting infectious disease threats early and responding quickly can dramatically alter the course of an infectious outbreak.

Sylvarum deploys non-thermal plasma on seeds to tackle fungal pathogens, improve germination, and boost crop yields.

Peptide research has expanded dramatically as investigators continue to explore short amino acid chains that participate in intricate regulatory networks across biological system. Among these ...

Kitchen knives, though essential, pose a hidden tetanus risk. Even clean stainless steel can harbor Clostridium tetani spores from unwashed produce or dust. Minor cuts can become breeding grounds for ...

From screwworm to flesh-eating bacteria, mounting public health risks are emerging in the wake of deep cuts to federal health ...