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Fungi adapt to heat, spread through spores, and may cause more fungal infections in a warmer, crowded, connected world.

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a ...

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...

Recent animal outbreaks from a subtype called H5N1 have been especially troubling to scientists. Although human infections ...

Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing ...

This isn’t just an animal health crisis — it’s a risk to public health. When animals consume foods containing live virus, ...

To pinpoint this new immunization strategy, scientists inhibited human cells from producing proteasomes in one group while ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists at James Cook University in Cairns have discovered how toxins from stonefish could be ...

Virginia is one of three states that are hotspots for a deadly virus circulating in wildlife, and it can also be fatal in ...

Pathogenic Salmonella injects effector proteins into the cells of the gastrointestinal tract to penetrate and multiply within ...