Viruses and bacteria are always trying to sneak into our bodies, but researchers at the University of Missouri are ...

Four people have died in Florida due to infections from Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium commonly known as "flesh-eating" for ...

The mystery microbe seemingly straddles the line between living and non-living. It’s cellular, and can create its own ...

Taxonomy — classifying viruses into genus, species and so forth — has the power to affect public health For the first time, ...

Pepper, a feline owned by John Lednicky, a virologist at the University of Florida, recently discovered orthoreovirus on a dead rodent he had caught. Orthorevirus is a viral genus that’s known to ...

Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," can have horrifying and even fatal effects on humans. Symptoms, how ...

The Epstein-Barr virus is one of the most common and persistent human viruses in the world, according to the CDC.

Pepper’s last contribution to science was in May 2021, when he brought home a common cotton mouse carrying a type of ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

The virus, spread by ticks, can cause a disease that leads to swelling of the brain and permanent health problems in half of severe cases.