As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak.

The overarching aim of our project is to better understand how human-landscape interactions in West Africa affect the types of zoonotic pathogens people are exposed to through our influences on ...

These gaps necessitate a deeper understanding of changes in pathogenic virulence and resistance as well as the molecular bases of host-pathogen interaction during adhesion, invasion, and immune ...

Washing hands, limiting exposure when ill and getting vaccinated can help kids stay in good shape before they head back to ...

In 1987, there were about 5 billion people in the world. Now, there are more than 8 billion of us, and we are developing more ...

Understanding stress physiology and molecular response mechanisms in plants is essential for improving crop production and quality, particularly under ...

Many receptor interactions are scarcely characterized ... adhesins encoded by different staphylococcal species may explain host and tissue tropism. Staphylococcus epidermidis exhibits different ...

Garlic can be prone to bacterial and fungal diseases, and it’s important that farmers are proactive in preventing infection ...

The answer lies in how infected individuals invest into controlling pathogen proliferation and mitigating damage, two strategies respectively called resistance and disease tolerance. Pathogen ...

Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have sat on tenterhooks, ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...