A study finds that drug-resistant tuberculosis is more prevalent than current estimates suggest.
A study finds that drug-resistant tuberculosis is more prevalent than current estimates suggest.
Are states with less rigorous rules about which children can claim an exception from vaccination in kindergarten putting communities at higher risk of childhood disease?
Federal officials will release harmless bacteria into subway tunnels beneath the Northeastern city to test new sensors designed to detect biological agents.
A human trial of a hepatitis C treatment is shut down after one of the participants died.
Another person has died from the rodent-borne disease after visiting Yosemite National Park.
Researchers consider the recent reappearance of West Nile virus in Texas and the efforts to control it.
Mice with inflammatory bowel disease harbor gut bacteria that damage host DNA, predisposing mice to cancer.
A citizen science project invites people to report sightings of flying ants across the United Kingdom to track patterns of outbreaks.
The first full computer model of a single-celled organism mimics the bacterium’s behaviors and paves the way to more complete disease models.
Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.