Antimicrobial resistance and ecological disruption caused by broad-spectrum disinfectants have created an urgent need for ...

A new study challenges the common theory that the devastating potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans originated in Mexico. Researchers meticulously reconstructed its global migration history ...

The Forum on Microbial Threats will host a public workshop to examine how genomics technologies have been applied to disease surveillance and response and identify potential opportunities for broader ...

A systematic review of more than 200 studies published in BMC Infectious Diseases on human viruses over more than a century ...

With many experts believing or entertaining the unproven possibility that COVID-19 had its origins in a laboratory, the pandemic re-ignited a debate over how the government should oversee federally ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Microbe, researchers analyze the global incidences of laboratory-acquired infections (LAIs) and accidental pathogen escapes from 2000 to 2021 to identify ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Oct. 30, 2022. The original video can be viewed here. In January, Uganda declared an end to the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus that alarmed ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

Our skin is a crucial, protective barrier that is considered to be a major part of our immune defenses. When pathogens try to infect us, they have to get into our bodies or into our cells, and ...

A major lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is understanding the basics of infection prevention measures before it is a matter of life or death. With increasing development worldwide and interactions ...