Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in ...
In Kent, an outbreak of meningitis has killed two young people, while the number of cases confirmed or under investigation by ...
Hannah Murphy. When the University of Minnesota Crookston welcomed new faculty members to campus in August 2025, Hannah Murphy, assistant professor in biology, arrived ready to cr ...
When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...
Our limited understanding of the metabolism of our microbial ancestor is a sizeable gap in our knowledge of how complex life originated. Resolving whether our closest microbial relatives had ...
Just a single course of treatment can leave a lasting impression, according to a study of nearly 15,000 people in Sweden ...
An outbreak of Meningitis B, a strain of a rare but deadly illness, has killed two young people and sickened 20 more in Kent since early March. The infection, also called MenB, has been linked to Club ...
Azithromycin was used early in the pandemic to treat COVID-19 in patients and has continued to be used to fight respiratory ...
Infectious keratitis remains a leading cause of corneal blindness and visual impairment worldwide, with bacterial, fungal, amoebic and viral pathogens presenting major diagnostic and therapeutic ...