New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

Antimicrobial resistance—when bacteria and fungi defend themselves against the drugs designed to kill them—is an urgent threat to global public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

A batch of bacteria and viruses launched to the International Space Station returned to Earth with unexpected mutations that ...

People tend to get sick more often in the winter than in the summer. The coldest months of the year coincide with flu season ...

A new study suggests that people may experience the same virus differently based on how quickly the cells in their noses ...

Safety tips include drinking bottled water, not having ice in drinks and regular hand washing.

Respiratory infections are the leading causes of hospitalizations, ED visits and mortality in children in the United States and worldwide.Babies and children have stuffy noses and coughs several times ...

NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company"), a clinical stage leader developing revolutionary broad-spectrum antiviral drugs that the virus cannot escape, announced today that our ...

The most effective protection against norovirus is washing your hands regularly with warm, soapy water, as alcohol-based hand ...

Recovering from the flu only to get sick again? Learn the 5 signs of a dangerous secondary infection that requires immediate ...