Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

The concept of saline nasal irrigation, or bathing the nasal passages with a saltwater solution, is thought to have been ...

• Pathogens have evolved various strategies to overcome host immunity for successful infection. Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) can cause lethal necrosis in maize (Zea mays) when it coinfects with ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...

Across the world, only a few dozen people appear to carry a genetic glitch that lets them brush off viruses that flatten ...

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was ...

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) represents a major threat to finfish populations worldwide, affecting both aquaculture and wild fisheries. As a member of the Novirhabdovirus genus within ...

Sugarcane Mosaic Virus is an emerging problem for our St. Augustine lawns in Florida. Viruses are some of the smallest and ...

Food poisoning is never a fun experience. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll bite into something bad and realize soon enough ...