DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, ...

Plants are susceptible to a wide range of pathogens. For the common potato plant, one such threat is Pectobacterium ...

Merck & Co has entered into a worldwide licensing deal with Opko Health’s ModeX Therapeutics unit for a vaccine candidate against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) that could be worth up to $922.5 ...

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have uncovered a surprising way in which harmful bacteria prepare to attack ...

A fire damaged a home in the Toro Park neighborhood of Monterey County earlier today, but fortunately, no one was home, and officials responded quickly.The fire occurred on Capote Drive, just off ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “There is no such thing as an innocent map,” observes Philippe Rekacewicz in his catalogue essay that ...

Maguire et al. evaluated electronic health records from 2.5 years during the COVID-19 pandemic to identify clinical features associated with COVID-19 severity. Their findings underscore the ...

Scientists have warned there is a 'severe risk' of catching a cold this week as nine million people across Britain suffer from the virus. They issued the health alert as the recent icy weather ...

Mental health issues among teens and young adults have risen dramatically over the past decade. Jessica Lake, chief science officer at Limbix, tells us about SparkRx, a digital therapeutics app ...

Even bacteria that cause Lyme disease and gum disease are under investigation. A connection between a virus and neurological disease isn’t unheard of. Epstein-Barr virus, another herpesvirus that ...