Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye. They’re everywhere. And both can make us sick. Bacteria and viruses ...

Meningitis typically occurs due to an infection, which may be viral or bacterial. Viral and bacterial meningitis have similar symptoms but differ in severity. This information comes from the ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in the loss of over 3 percent of the world’s population — at least 50 million people. But it wasn’t the flu virus that caused the majority of these deaths. With ...

Bacteria have a nasty ability to rapidly evolve, allowing them to evade antibiotics in short order. But now, scientists at UC San Diego have used evolution against them, by “training” bacteria-killing ...

A perpetual war rages between bacteria and phages as bacterial cells adapt and engage various defense systems to protect themselves from these foreign invaders. Phages are viruses that infect and ...

We still don't know a lot about how bacteria and viruses relate to one another in man-made or built environments such as buildings and modes of transportation, but scientists have recently ...

Marine viruses deploy a sophisticated Trojan horse maneuver that enables them to dismantle the energy systems of ocean ...

Viruses and their hosts—whether bacteria, animals, or humans—are locked in a constant evolutionary arms race. Cells evolve ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An enzyme viruses use to punch holes in bacteria works to prevent ear infections in mice and might offer a safe way to prevent them in children, too, U.S. researchers said on ...

D imaging reveals ancient phages virus with features dating back billions of years - and potential to fight today’s dangerous ...

Potential treatments for one of the world's most dangerous hospital superbugs have been found in a surprising ...