Infectious diseases research and clinical practice continue to evolve rapidly, driven by emerging pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and advances in ...

Following one of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history, University of Maryland researchers have detected high levels of ...

The results, recently published in Building and Environment, showed a striking improvement. The new device reduced the risk of infection to 9.5%. In comparison, the risk reached 47.6 percent with a ...

Cleaning and disinfection priorities in healthcare often focus on surfaces. And yet, many life-threatening pathogens are spread through the air requiring different protocols, equipment and ...

WPI Professor Dmitry Korkin and researchers in Senegal are using a unique type of artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a ...

Let's face it—bats get a bad rap. Their links to disease outbreaks and their spooky association with vampires influence their notoriety. In reality, bats are truly remarkable. Bats support our ...

Plant pathogens, particularly those from the genera Dickeya and Pectobacterium, are the primary causal agents of soft rot diseases, which affect a wide range of economically important crops. These ...

Experts reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia, revealing an unknown ...

Weekly pasture rotation system separates calves by age to limit pathogen exposure and reduce disease transmission rates.

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related ...

NYC Health + Hospitals announced that three of its acute care hospitals have been named as recipients of the Level 2 Special ...