Researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it to fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin America.

bacteria and bacteria-eating viruses. For the bacterial species that inhabit your gut, there's a frenzy of viruses called bacteriophages that naturally infect them. Although they co-evolved with ...

New research from the University of Cincinnati demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a ...

"Puts many of the gains of modern medicine at risk." Scientists issue dire warning after discovering why viruses and bacteria ...

A whimsical adventure unfolds inside a body where germs plot to invade and make it sick. The protagonist, Andy, learns about ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the virus itself. Named after the Chinese military strategist Kongming—who ...

To minimise the number of bacteria and viruses in a home washing machine, Laird suggests people should regularly use washing-machine disinfectants, run a 90°C (194°F) cycle to clean the machine ...

The most common way people swimming inland get sick is by swallowing the water. How much you consume matters: “If you swallow ...

For most people, just the thought of the disease-causing bacteria and viruses in these places would spark a shudder. But for Musila, an infectious diseases researcher, these places are ...