Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created a portable food safety device they hope will one day be used at ...

Pepper, a feline owned by John Lednicky, a virologist at the University of Florida, recently discovered orthoreovirus on a dead Everglades short-tailed shrew he had caught. Orthorevirus is a viral ...

Black cats may be considered bad luck in many Western societies, however, one such sooty feline has brought good fortune to a ...

The NHS warns that symptoms of norovirus typically appear "suddenly" and may include nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. Other ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

Since mosquitoes carry malaria, prevention has long focused on preventing mosquito bites, such as with nets, and controlling mosquito populations with insecticides and other measures. Researchers are ...