Fungal researcher Christina Cuomo discusses the spread of infections plaguing hospitals across the world.

The parasite that causes malaria has evolved to evade many of the drugs that researchers have developed to fight the tropical disease.

Plasmodium falciparum has shown an ability to evade everything we throw at it, most recently artemisinin-based combination therapies, today’s front-line treatment.

Miniature versions of bladder cancers could help physicians identify personalized treatment options for patients.

Mice with cancer whose KRAS proteins couldn’t link together had much better survival outcomes than those whose oncogenic mutant paired with wild-type KRAS.

Researchers find two new antibiotics that offer promise in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria.  

A new study finds that more than 200 human-targeted, non-antibiotic drugs inhibit the growth of bacterial species that make up part of the human microbiome.

In January, health officials began an aggressive vaccination campaign to counter the spreading disease.

The deadly fungus Cryptococcus deuterogattii harbors a genetic tweak that propels its mutation rate and allows it to rapidly develop antifungal resistance.