A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

A surprising flu experiment shows that good airflow and fewer coughs can stop the virus from spreading, even up close.

Dolphins, whales and seals are highly social animals. Many live in groups, form long-term relationships, and repeatedly ...

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts — and the world is not prepared. Fungi are ...

Combining genomic data and human travel patterns over a 14-year period in South Africa reveals key insights into the spread, evolution and resistance patterns of a major bacterium behind pneumonia and ...

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and tuberculosis ...

Scientists have discovered a new, much less invasive method for testing whales for pathogens. In the past, scientists needed ...

Scientists are hard at work trying to assess the scale of our microplastic pollution problem and the likely health impacts. A new study now identifies several downstream health risks these tiny ...

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 ...

Diseases rely on living organisms to survive and move between hosts via various contamination methods, such as airborne, contact, and liquid. Stopping infections might seem impossible, but it is quite ...

Researchers have developed a new genomic technique that can track the spread of multiple superbugs in a hospital simultaneously, which could help prevent and manage common hospital infections quicker ...