Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Food poisoning, a widespread illness, stems from consuming food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Symptoms ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

Scientists have identified a new class of compounds capable of partially clearing the tropical parasite that causes Chagas ...

A study has revealed how up to 30 percent of Americans could be infected with a dangerous parasite. According to researchers ...

From tropical parasites to bacterial pathogens, here's what else might be swimming in the water. It might just serve as a way to pass a rainy afternoon, but swimming may be one of humans' oldest ...

Heat waves significantly increase parasite burden and disease spread, with effects up to 13-fold depending on heat wave intensity, duration, baseline temperature, and timing of exposure.