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"If we have bacteria or viruses on our hands, we can introduce them into our mucous membranes, where we can get infections." The NFID report stated that one in four respondents washed their hands ...

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.

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

Understanding how epidemic bacteria resist phage predation is crucial, especially as interest in phage therapy—the use of viruses to treat bacterial infections— has re-emerged as an ...

Mass General Brigham researchers are shining a powerful new light into the viral darkness with the development of ...

When your immune system detects harmful microbes, your body raises its internal temperature to create a hostile environment.

Scientists have created a novel antimicrobial coating that, when mixed with paint, can be applied to a range of surfaces to ...

Interest in therapeutic uses of bacteriophages, viruses that infect and replicate in bacteria, has increased in recent years as antibiotic resistance has spread. Armata is part of a band of ...

Pneumonia is caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, "but usually when people are thinking of pneumonia, they are thinking of the kind caused by bacteria," says Diuguid-Gerber. She explains that the ...