A newly developed laboratory tool can, within hours, help to identify specific viruses which can be used to destroy variants of the dangerous pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus.

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided.

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A CDC program tests wastewater from airplanes, looking for pathogens that may have hitched a ride with passengers on long-haul international flights.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming ...

COVID is still circulating in hospitals, according to Dr. Ken Lyn-Kew of National Jewish, but fewer are getting severely sick ...

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All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the last confirmed measles death in the United States was in 2015. The agency on Tuesday posted a message on X saying that “CDC is on the ...

Our phones are like our computers; they hold valuable information for scammers. As such, they must have the best protection ...