Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the ...

Some things just go together in your belly: peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper, bacteria and bacteria-eating viruses.

Scientists have long known that bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, live in our gut, but exactly what they do has ...

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Led by the Ministry of Health, Rwanda’s response was marked by rapid coordination and decisive action, made possible through ...

No one was ready. Governments and scientists across the world scrambled to understand and contain a fast-evolving threat. It ...

The end of Ebola outbreak in Uganda demonstrates World Health Organization (WHO)’s value in controlling and stopping diseases ...

Filoviruses are among the globe's most lethal—indeed, so dangerous they can be handled only in high-security laboratories.

A rare cell type in the lungs is essential to survival from the COVID-19 virus, a new study shows.

KIGALI, Rwanda ― Following the recent rediscovery of the critically endangered Hill’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli) at ...

A team at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes has developed new drug candidates that show great promise against the ...

Outbreaks of bird flu and other viruses are rising fast. Here’s why it’s happening—and how you can stay informed, protected, ...