A dangerous, drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris is spreading rapidly in U.S. hospitals and healthcare facilities ...

A systematic review of more than 200 studies published in BMC Infectious Diseases on human viruses over more than a century ...

The outcome of a pathogenic infection is influenced by the activities and functions of each interacting partner. Pathogens use sophisticated mechanisms to manipulate their host, but they also face ...

Ants produce diverse, targeted antimicrobial compounds that inhibit drug-resistant pathogens, offering insights for new ...

Experts build database of "salutogenic potential" revealing how hidden microbes and natural compounds help keep us healthy.

A strange disease has killed 99.7% of a type of sea urchin called Diadema africanum along Tenerife's coast in just three years. This pushes the species close to dying out locally in the Canary Islands ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

Some pathogens hide inside human cells to enhance their survival. Researchers have uncovered a unique tactic certain bacteria use to spread in the body without being detected by the immune system. In ...

Bark beetles convert spruce tree defenses into more potent antimicrobials to protect themselves, but a fungus can neutralize ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team investigated Escherichia albertii, what is known about this bacterium, and ...