An 11-year-old Canadian boy died of rabies after a bat landed on his face while he slept, according to a case report ...

Scientists have identified targets on the malaria-causing parasite that could be key to developing a universal vaccine against one of humankind's oldest and deadliest diseases. Researchers from Oregon ...

Let’s begin with microbes A microbe is a very small, living organism that’s usually visible only under a microscope. Its name ...

Researchers at South Dakota State University have spent two years creating a vaccine to fight avian metapneumovirus subtype B ...

A brief medical note in the U.S. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published 45 years ago would have profound impacts ...

The deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which sparked international alarm, should be formally declared over on July ...

Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they ...

The dried larvae of the yellow mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor) are comparable to beef or poultry in nutritional value, but the mealworm has a far smaller ecological footprint. It was recently ...

Mosquito and tick bites can put people at risk for contracting Lyme disease, West Nile virus and alpha-gal syndrome.

A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has created a solid polymer coated with harmless viruses capable of detecting the bacteria Salmonella enterica (S. enterica), potentially ...

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