Researchers led by Ken Shirasu at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have identified an ...

A new bat-borne pathogen dubbed Salt Gully virus has been uncovered in flying-foxes in Australia. While there are not yet any ...

A new study found evidence that commercial broccoli seeds can harbor a fungal seedborne pathogen, Alternaria brassicicola, ...

The body has an intricate system to defend against infections where each type of immune cell plays a distinct role. Now, a ...

Chronic infections impact a substantial portion of the global population, presenting ongoing challenges to health care ...

The data shows that tweaks to csp15 peptide in cold-shock proteins, expands the range of microbes that plant immune systems can recognize ...

Bill Whitaker reports from Uganda's Impenetrable Forest, where scientists are trying to find the next deadly virus before it finds us.

Summer is wrapping up, temperatures are high, and the beach is still calling. But there are risks from bacteria, parasites ...

Scientists have determined the cause of an epidemic that has devastated a species of starfish, wiping out billions over the ...

Beaches in sunny South Florida are experiencing "the perfect 'pathogen' storm" of flesh-eating bacteria that are washing up to shore, according to new research from Florida Atlantic University.