Secondary infections caused by bacteria or viruses during hospital care remain a long-standing global challenge, despite ...

Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye. They’re everywhere. And both can make us sick. Bacteria and viruses ...

A Kent State student is receiving medical treatment for Neisseria meningitidis, a serious bacterial infection.

A giant virus encodes part of the protein-making toolkit of cells that gives it greater control over its amoeba host, raising questions about how it evolved and how such beings relate to living organi ...

A bacteriophage is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria. Image by Dr. Victor Padilla-Sanchez, PhD - Own work (CC BY-SA 4.0) A bacteriophage is a virus that infects and replicates within ...

Bacterial and viral acute sinus infections typically display similar symptoms. The duration of the infection can help determine if it is viral or bacterial. Many viruses, such as the ones that cause ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua W. Modell ...

A collaboration between a rural, urgent care center network and diagnostics company may be laying the groundwork for speeding ...

A global study shows obesity heightens the risk of severe infections and related deaths across multiple disease types and ...