In plants, the space between cells is a key battleground during infection. To avoid recognition in this space, a strain of the bacterial tomato disease Pseudomonas syringae manipulates plants by ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...

Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...

Bradford pear trees are known to be an invasive species, growing at a rapid rate and outcompeting native plants.

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease of livestock, mainly affects cattle but can also infect swine, sheep and goats.

Up to 30% of children hospitalized with viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) develop coinfections. Previous research into how coinfections affect LRTI disease severity and progression in ...

Tropical diseases spread by mosquitoes Includes malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, chikungunya fever and Zika virus Your child has no symptoms of tropical disease. If your child has symptoms, use ...

Gallbladder disease includes inflammation, infection, stones or blockage of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a sac located under the liver. It stores and concentrates bile produced in the liver.

There have not been any cases in Canada. As long as precautions are taken, there is low risk of contracting Marburg virus disease in a country where the disease is present.

Virar: Residents of Virar were left stunned after a delivery boy narrowly avoided a fatal accident when a massive tree suddenly collapsed onto his scooter late at night on Saturday, March 29.

The mass planting came as part of a group effort to restore three hectares (7.4 acres) of ancient woodland that was devastated by ash dieback, a fungal disease that kills ash trees. Claire ...