Kamini Walia, senior scientist at ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), explains how the overuse of antibiotics is ...

The frigid temperatures expected across much of the country in the coming days may pose significant health risks for those who plan to be outdoors.

Far from Earth's gravitational pull, a simple viral infection took on a new evolutionary direction. A study conducted aboard the ISS found that when bacteria and ...

For over a century, scientists have been fascinated by bacteriophages, the tiny viruses that naturally hunt and kill bacteria. University of Otago researchers are turning to these microscopic ...

If you feel like everyone you know is dealing with a cough, cold and runny nose, it’s not in your head. Multiple viruses, not ...

The gut microbiota is a complex community of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses and its activity and interaction with the ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...

Scientists have infected bacteria with a virus aboard the International Space Station to see how they would interact in ...

Antibiotics transformed medicine in the 20th century, but relying on them alone won’t carry humanity through the 21st. The pipeline of new antibiotics remains distressingly thin, and most drugs ...

They're new! They're pristine! Or are they? Here's what you need to know about what might be lurking on your recent purchases ...

Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

Being prey for so many animals, it’s no wonder that most hamsters are nocturnal. They spend their days hiding from snakes, ...