We're getting a closer look at some of the cats rescued from a U-Haul truck in Merced County in late June. More than 100 distressed cats were found inside the truck in Santa Nella, without water or ...

A new study published in PLOS Pathogens has uncovered how a common brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can disrupt ...

Dear reader, in a recent column I wrote about a stray cat who brought new meaning to life for a grieving friend who had lost ...

"It was truly a freak accident—he poked me directly between the nail and the nail fold almost immediately after exiting his litter box. Because of the location of the puncture, the bacteria got ...

In fighting chronic infections or certain cancers, CD8+ T cells—the immune system's frontline soldiers—eventually become exhausted. They lose effectiveness and respond less efficiently to ...

Genetic analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes reveals multiple mutations, including a key change in the fhuB gene, that influence the bacteria’s ability to cause severe invasive infections.

A new study in cats with a fatal coronavirus infection suggests stem cell therapy could help tackle the immune damage behind severe COVID-19 and long COVID.

In chronic infections, pathogens regulate macrophage metabolic reprogramming not only to control their functional expression but also to modulate interactions between macrophages and other immune ...

Molecular genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium and Cystoisospora protozoan infections in cats from large cities of Kazakhstan Provisionally accepted ...

Pepper the cat, whose owner works at the University of Florida, gathered a specimen containing a never-before-seen virus for the second time.

Fungal infections are getting harder to treat as they grow more resistant to available drugs, according to research published Wednesday in The Lancet Microbe.

While you are soaking up the summer sun, doctors say you can still get sick, including from two new COVID strains that are going around.