Bacteria and viruses are the most common causes of disease, but they have some key differences. Here's what you need to know.

Preparing food and washing clothes at 140 degrees Fahrenheit or above can kill most germs. Here's what you need to know.

If people had been aware of the existence of bacteria and their role in causing the Black Death in the 14th century, as well as the subsequent cholera pandemics, convincing them that bacteria could be ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...

With this in mind, microbiologist professor Brenda Wilson of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has shared what you ...

Stanford scientists used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria like E. coli, offering a new weapon against ...

Diane Keaton's pneumonia death highlights how bacterial and viral lung infections can be life-threatening, especially for ...

Instead of bacteria and viruses burdening us with disease, what if we flipped the script and used their natural talents to give dangerous tumors an infection as a way of fighting cancer? Microbes come ...

Cancer research has long looked at bacteria and viruses as separate tools for therapy. Now, researchers are showing that the two can actually work better together. A team of scientists has built a new ...

Viruses are so simple in their structure, they may not even qualify as living things. Yet, they are ruthless in their robotic ...