As the planet warms and disease-carrying animals like mosquitos follow their ideal temperatures northward and into higher altitudes, they may bring diseases such as West Nile virus to areas where they ...

Geologists suggest the catastrophic impact of "S2" delivered key nutrients to the oceans, prompting microorganisms to thrive Margherita Bassi Pathogens are more common in polar bears living in the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The viruses that infect bacteria are the most abundant biological entities on the planet. For example, a recent simple study of 92 showerheads and 36 toothbrushes from American ...

Researchers describe the full molecular structure of the phage DEV. DEV infects and lyses Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, an opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis and other diseases.

The viruses that infect bacteria are the most abundant biological entities on the planet. For example, a recent simple study of 92 showerheads and 36 toothbrushes from American bathrooms found ...

Inhaling their odors is also highly risky Argentina's northern province of Jujuy has reported a first case of a patient suffering of the hanta virus contagion. The report is considered very ...

Bacterial viruses, known as phages, are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and are increasingly used as biomedicines to eradicate antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria. While ...

Florida has seen a recent increase in confirmed cases of flesh-eating bacteria following the devastating hurricanes Helene and Milton, according to state health department data. The Tampa Bay-area ...

Scientists have developed a new bacterial vaccine for the treatment of cancer The bacteria enables the immune cells to kill the cancer cells The new approach uses a modified strain of E. coli bacteria ...

These first microbes would have been extremely simple. Meanwhile, viruses degrade more easily than bacteria, so there are no physical fossils of viruses. Related: What was the first animal on Earth?

Flooding from back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton hurricanes have resulted in a dramatic increase in flesh-eating bacteria cases. There have been 74 cases so far this year, according to data ...

The country is attempting to tackle the problem with bacteria-infected mosquitoes, Cassandra Willyard reported in March. The spread of bird flu in dairy cattle in the US has virologists worried.