Diane Keaton's pneumonia death highlights how bacterial and viral lung infections can be life-threatening, especially for ...

While it wasn't clear whether Keaton had any underlying conditions, doctors say "perfectly healthy" people can die from ...

With this in mind, microbiologist professor Brenda Wilson of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has shared what you ...

Stanford scientists used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria like E. coli, offering a new weapon against ...

Preparing food and washing clothes at 140 degrees Fahrenheit or above can kill most germs. Here's what you need to know.

Viruses are so simple in their structure, they may not even qualify as living things. Yet, they are ruthless in their robotic ...

Scientists armed bacteria with cancer-killing viruses that infiltrate tumors, evade immunity, and attack from within.

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered more than 100 new human viruses in 252 different gut microbes, ...

Instead of bacteria and viruses burdening us with disease, what if we flipped the script and used their natural talents to give dangerous tumors an infection as a way of fighting cancer? Microbes come ...

Cancer research has long looked at bacteria and viruses as separate tools for therapy. Now, researchers are showing that the two can actually work better together. A team of scientists has built a new ...

Sweat is known to kill germs on your body, and unless it mixes with a cough, sneeze, or other bodily fluids, it won't ...

University of Toronto researchers have made the first discovery of a virus that infects Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria ...