Scientists uncover unique bacteria within Gulf of Mexico's coral reefs, revealing insights into coral survival in the ocean’s ...

These bacteria can cause skin and blood infections. Parasites which can cause skin infections (such as dermatitis and scabies ...

A decade-long effort has resulted in a new, rapid genomic test to diagnose rare infectious diseases in the brain and lungs.

A dog’s mouth is actually cleaner than a human’s mouth” is an oft-repeated adage by dog owners who happily accept their pet’s ...

Microbes unable to break down carbohydrates belong to a newly identified family of marine bacteria. A German-American ...

A cutting-edge genetic test can rapidly detect and identify almost any kind of disease-causing microorganism in the human ...

A cutting-edge diagnostic test is helping some doctors find diagnoses for medical mysteries by analyzing DNA and RNA to ...

Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

Interestingly, Mimivirus does not differ appreciably from parasitic bacteria, such as Rickettsia prowazekii (Raoult et al. 2004). The progressive and regressive hypotheses both assume that cells ...

The researchers can’t answer that question, but they suspect the higher prevalence of parasites, viruses and bacteria might make them more vulnerable to other stressors. “Bears in general are ...

Scientists developed a genetic tool that can quickly identify nearly any type of pathogenic infection, including those caused ...

Pneumonia, a common lung infection, can be caused by multiple sources, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. However, the CDC says cases caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae ...