Scientists are raising concerns about free-living amoebae, resilient microbes that can survive in water systems and enable ...

A rare, antibiotic-resistant and often deadly bacteria was identified in two patients at a Rhode Island Hospital in 2011, but its spread was stopped by timely treatment and infection control measures, ...

A new study published in Engineering reveals the global spread of tmexCD1-toprJ1-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae, highlighting ...

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 ...

It can cause significant health issues. Scientists issue warning on concerning trend driving spread of disease: 'Global ...

A new way to map the spread and evolution of pathogens, and their responses to vaccines and antibiotics, will provide key insights to help predict and prevent future outbreaks. The approach combines a ...

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 ...

Dr. Sameer Bhati, Public Health Analystn says that infectious diseases have been with us forever, together with the Common ...

Incomplete water disinfection may unintentionally accelerate the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in aquatic ...

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 ...

Strains of Aspergillus are already in the U.S. but are expected to expand. Climate change may be putting millions more people at risk from an infection-causing fungi, which is likely spreading due to ...

Bacteria have evolved thousands of clever tactics for invading our bodies while evading our natural defenses. Now, UNC School of Medicine scientists studying one of the world's most virulent pathogens ...