As wildfires rage and smoke fills the air, air purifiers are more important than ever. The best air purifiers can remove particulate matter (the main pollutant in wildfire smoke), bacteria, dust ...

A team of chemists and microbiologists at Michigan State University has found that an all-optical method can be used to ...

As cold and flu season arrives, protecting oneself against viruses and pathogens becomes incredibly important. Read about how ...

In the microscopic world, bacteria face a similar scenario. For every bacterium out there—good and bad—there are around 10 viruses, also called "bacteriophages" or simply "phages." Each of ...

Understanding the differences between bacteria and viruses is crucial for recognizing how these microorganisms impact our health. While both are microscopic and can cause infections, they differ ...

Bacteria detect cell wall fragments as danger signals and form protective biofilms, a survival strategy seen across species ...

"It is not a ‘quad-demic,’ per se, just a lot of respiratory viruses and bacteria at once," he said to Fox News Digital. On top of the four viruses, Siegel warned of some bacterial outbreaks ...

How cadmium found its way inside the body is still a matter of investigation, he said, clarifying no other virus, bacteria, or infection was found in the victims' samples. Read: Special Team To ...

The National Institute of Virology (NIV) has identified norovirus and Campylobacter jejuni in samples from 21 Guillain-Barré syndrome patients in Pune. The two detected organisms can cause ...

These controls can also apply to harmful bacteria found in incidents such as sewage spills. Infectious diseases are sometimes called contagious when they are easily transmitted by contact with an ...

Of these different types or causes of pink eye, only infectious conjunctivitis (meaning pink eye caused by viruses or bacteria) is contagious, says Shapiro. In both cases, the infection can be ...

Each year, most species of bacteria in a Wisconsin lake rapidly ... the companion paper focuses on the ecology and evolution of viruses from the same lake samples. Support for this research ...