A mutation is a change in an organism’s genetic material. A virus survives by finding a host and using its living cells to ...

Scientists from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences found forty new freshwater viruses infecting aquatic ...

Bacteria-eating viruses called bacteriophages are drawing new interest, Lina Zeldovich writes in “The Living Medicine.” ...

The effects of a chemical that’s produced when water is treated for viruses and bacteria are unknown, but there's a clear ...

Our bodies are much more resilient than people know! Many times even when we contract a disease, the initial fevers and ...

Doctors in Austin say they’re seeing an increase in patients coming in with RSV, Pneumonia and Whooping Cough.

By looking at the tiniest virus-infected microbes in the ocean, researchers are gaining new insights about the marine food ...

But there is another component of the gut microbiome that receives less attention: viruses. Wherever there are bacteria, viruses called bacteriophages lurk in prodigious quantities. These bacteria ...

As Wisconsin enters the respiratory virus season, health officials are urging the public to be aware of the growing threat of ...