A Perspective review in npj Science of Food argues that pandemics can weaken food safety systems even when the pathogen is ...

CDC leadership continues to try manufacture a scientific debate on vaccines where none exists, writes Ben Lopman.

Sylvarum deploys non-thermal plasma on seeds to tackle fungal pathogens, improve germination, and boost crop yields.

As humans continue to explore the frontiers of space, the question of what kinds of life forms from Earth can survive the ...

Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they ...

A dead ant can be detected and removed from the nest within an hour, long before any rotting smell develops. The chemical ...

By Will Dunham June 17 (Reuters) - About 5,500 years ago, bands of hunter-gatherers inhabited the Lake Baikal region in ...

Which vaccines are in use in South Africa and how does our vaccination schedule measure up to international standards? In this In The Spotlight special briefing, we unpack the recent history and ...

Soil bacteria make cocktails of molecules that synergistically inhibit the growth of microbial pathogens — suggesting a ...

Swarms of Asian longhorned ticks are suspected of overwhelming cattle at a Tennessee farm.

Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday revealed there are more than 120 taxpayer-funded biolabs located in 30 countries, and the Biden administration "threatened" people ...

“Infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” says Khoa Thai, a clinical microbiologist at the Star-shl medical diagnostics laboratory in the Netherlands. To limit their spread, we need a globally ...