Some microbes have caught the public's attention this summer. Some have been called "flesh-eating," others "brain-eating." Certain strains of very rare, dangerous microbes made headlines this summer ...

Summer is wrapping up, temperatures are high, and the beach is still calling. But there are risks from bacteria, parasites and other pathogens in the water at beaches, pools and water playgrounds.

A new review study traces the complex links between biodiversity loss and emerging infectious diseases — though one doesn’t necessarily lead to the other. Instead, complex interactions between factors ...

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...