The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term "Polymerase Chain Reaction testing" into the mainstream. The PCR method is a type of ...

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...

University of Queensland researchers say Australia's reptiles are at risk of extinction because a little understood fungus is ...

For the first time, research shows that a key social trait in honey bees is linked to measurable physiological advantages ...

Three studies highlight ways to improve outcomes for vexing problem ...

From Zimbabwe to Zambia, US health deals are raising fears of a new era of biomedical extractivism.

One of the most bothersome things about being sick or having seasonal allergies is that it makes your nose stuffy and blocked ...

Date labels in the US follow no federal standard—leaving consumers confused and costing us billions every year. New ...

The Government Accountability Office is calling on HHS to increase transparency in how it assesses and mitigates risk related to high-risk pathogen research. In a report released Feb. 19, the GAO said ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

Waterborne pathogens, particularly Cryptosporidium, pose a growing public-health risk in Australia and globally. Cryptosporidiosis notifications have increased markedly in recent years across multiple ...

Finding out how microbes make compounds containing the diazo chemical group could help researchers to synthesize useful ...