A fast-moving virus is spreading across North Carolina, slipping from person to person — and there’s no treatment to stop it.

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

Potential treatments for one of the world's most dangerous hospital superbugs have been found in a surprising location—hospital toilets.

In a compelling new video interview from Applied Microbiology International’s ‘Under the Lens’ series, Dr. Callum Cooper, a ...

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

The microbiome in the vagina has received less attention than its cousin in the gut – but a well-balanced vaginal microbiome ...

D imaging reveals ancient phages virus with features dating back billions of years - and potential to fight today’s dangerous superbugs.

It's an evolutionary battle, an endless competition for survival, that has spanned millions of years. Within this epic tale for the ages, the skillful characters are mighty, but very, very ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing alternatives for antibiotics, such as bacteriophages.

UC San Diego researchers are using bacteriophages — viruses that kill bacteria — to fight antibiotic-resistant pathogens, a major threat to public health.

Although researchers know that lupus is caused by the immune system mistakenly attacking the body’s own tissues and organs, ...