Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria --c ausing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these ...

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

While the scenario and the virus were completely fictitious, scientists warn the threat of 'zombie viruses' emerging from ...

In the fight against antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) superbugs, an important weapon may just be hiding in some polluted stream, ...

Microbial infections are a major global health concern, causing worldwide millions of deaths per year. These infections, ...

Just days after reporting its first measles case of the year, in a child, the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) yesterday ...

Pneumonia: An infection that causes inflammation in lung tissue, filling the lungs with pus or fluid and restricting ...

The CDC marked a major uptick in group A strep cases in 10 U.S. states from 2013 to 2022. Here's what to know about risk of more severe infection and spread.

Most group A strep infections cause mild illnesses like strep throat — but when that bacteria spreads to the blood and deep ...

A new study by researchers at George Washington University has found that certain bacteria living in the nose may influence ...