This creature blurs the line between viruses and cells, exhibiting remarkable characteristics that push the boundaries of ...

A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

The “Room of Doom” might be the only place in Jackson’s Wastewater Treatment Plant where you have to plug your nose.

Thriving microbe communities living in the most-polluted spots in the US offer insight into how to clean up the mess of ...

The National Museum of Health and Medicine is located on the Fort Detrick-Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, making it ...

Skin study findings may help to explain why African ancestry is associated with a lower risk of severe dengue.

For the first time, the extreme variability in dengue fever has been linked to a biological mechanism, potentially opening ...

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are fundamental rights in our Declaration of Independence, which we celebrate on the Fourth of July. Like its authors who sought political liberty, ...

Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in ...

Researchers have identified that species in the gut microbiome can produce sphingolipids that protect the host from pathogens ...

Human-built environments, such as the spaces we live in, can influence our health through microbiomes—communities of microbes like bacteria and viruses. People have ... people from the fields of ...

Honey produced by some species of Australian stingless bees possesses impressive bacteria- and fungi-killing properties, ...