I'm on the hunt for a microbial saviour – a type of virus that can treat infections rather than cause them. We all know the ...

“Warm weather and outdoor meals, picnics, barbecues, street food, create ideal conditions for bacteria like salmonella, E.

From fecal transplants to phage cocktails, scientists reveal how gut viruses could unlock precision medicine for digestive diseases and beyond.

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the ...

Nearly one in four infants lacks enough healthy gut bacteria essential for training their immune systems, putting them at ...

As antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" make infections trickier to treat, some in the medical community are turning to ...

Scientists in China have discovered a host of never-before-seen viruses in bats that live near humans. These viruses include ...

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

Researchers have discovered two new viruses in bats that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses—pathogens ...