(Reuters) -Tiny viruses that only infect and kill bacteria can help treat deadly antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections with Staphylococcus aureus, results from a mid-stage trial suggest.

Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye. They’re everywhere. And both can make us sick. Bacteria and viruses ...

A fast-moving virus is spreading across North Carolina, slipping from person to person - and there's no treatment to stop it. From Aug. 1-Nov. 13, there were 153 norovirus outbreaks reported in 14 ...

Antibiotics are no longer able to treat infections as effectively as they once did because many pathogens have developed ...

Cancer research has long looked at bacteria and viruses as separate tools for therapy. Now, researchers are showing that the two can actually work better together. A team of scientists has built a new ...

In the fight against antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) superbugs, an important weapon may just be hiding in some polluted stream, in some remote village that lacks adequate sewage infrastructure, or in a ...

Dear G.D.: Viral infections start by using a cell receptor to gain entry into the cell. This receptor depends on the virus; for example, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID) uses the ACE2 receptor ...

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Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and ...