Multiple layers of protection, imagined as cheese slices, block the spread of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...

The C.D.C. will soon decide which group to recommend next, and the debate over the trade-offs is growing heated. Ultimately, states will...

Emerging infectious diseases represent a major challenge to human health worldwide. The risk of evolving new infectious pathogens has...

There are now 237 coronavirus vaccine projects in the world, developed using very different techniques. Article in French describes how...

Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a ribonucleoside analogue, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, suppresses coronavirus transmission...

Scientists find evidence linking gut microbiome to major depressive disorder. Findings highlight links between gut health & mental health...

“If you want to really understand what’s going on in a city on a basic chemical, biological level, you should be looking at the...

Researchers developed an imaging tool to create detailed spatial maps of the locations & identities of 100s of different microbial...

Denmark will dig up 1000s of dead mink culled to prevent spread of the coronavirus, after animals started to rise out of their mass...

When Biden and Harris take their oaths of office in January, they will be leading a nation in the middle of its worst public health...

H5N8 avian flu has been confirmed at a commercial turkey fattening farm in the UK. Officials said all 10,500 birds at the farm would be...

Half a millennium after da Vinci’s death, scientists have sequenced the DNA that has over the years become slathered across seven of his...

Researchers show that the gut #microbiota are depleted by #antibiotics, mice cannot make serotonin from tryptophan they consume, which...

The established thinking is that host response, rather than M. leprae strain variation, is the reason for the broad variation of symptoms...

African swine fever (ASF) outbreak has caused serious economic losses in Asia since 2018. As ASF is a new emerging disease, many farmers...

Degradation of cellulosic carbon, the most important natural carbon reservoirs on this planet by cellulase is very essential for valuable...

Normal sleep in mice is reliant upon bacteria that help produce neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, in the gut....

What is inflammation? Inflammation is a complex response to harmful stimuli which could be from a pathogen, but also could be from trauma...

Researchers found that a small number of infected, asymptomatic school-aged children in an area of eastern Ugandan are responsible for...

Comprehensive analysis of specific and cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 epitopes reveals functional T cell responses against specific viral...