Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

Periodontitis is widespread and can have serious consequences for overall health. Researchers at Fraunhofer have identified a ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Food poisoning is never a fun experience. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll bite into something bad and realize soon enough ...

What antibiotic should I use to treat this patient’s Klebsiella pneumoniae? It’s resistant to carbapenems, and there’s a ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

Bloodborne pathogens are pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. The pathogens include but are not limited to: Hepatitis Viruses and Human ...

From Ebola in West Africa to chikungunya in the Caribbean, the world has had plenty of strange — and scary — outbreaks this year. Some pathogens have even landed in the U.S. Just a few months ago, two ...