A virus originally found in animals, mpox -- which causes the disease of the same name -- is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic ...

While flowering for some species might be triggered by seasonal cues like day length, air plants reluctant to bloom might ...

A study has identified a wheat nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) gene pair, RXL and Pm5e, that confers ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a significant challenge to global health, necessitating innovative therapeutic ...

Scientific testing is showing that disease-causing pathogens are adapting to farmers’ use of pesticides and fungicides on ...

Soybean growers across the globe face a silent but devastating threat: the soybean cyst nematode (SCN). This microscopic pathogen attacks soybean roots, jeopardizing crop yields and causing more than ...

In people with insulin resistance, the cells are unable to use ... are key to preventing heart disease and stroke. According to Diabetes UK, up to 50% of people with prediabetes can prevent ...

Heart disease is a term used to describe a constellation of conditions that can affect the heart and/or its valves, vessels, structure, electrical system, or coronary arteries. Though each disease ...

On Saturday, January 11, MP for Tiverton and Minehead, Rachel Gilmour, rolled up her sleeves and joined Friends of the Quantocks at The Crowcombe Estate to plant disease-resistant elm trees—an ...

Diseases spread through saliva include mononucleosis ... People are more likely to get mouth infections when natural resistance in the mouth is reduced. For example, gum infections can occur in people ...

Soil-borne plant diseases, such as damping-off, root rots, and wilts, which often lead to non-specific symptoms and are therefore difficult to diagnose, are responsible for major crop losses annually.