20 September 2022
A fungal skin disease that caused amphibian numbers to plummet in Costa Rica and Panama lowered the number of amphibian tadpoles that were eating mosquito larvae, allowing the insects to flourish and spread malaria
10 May 2022
Viruses sequenced from century-old lung samples in German and Austrian museums have shed light on how flu can change over time
29 July 2021
Children whose parents smoke or vape cannabis appear to get slightly more respiratory infections, such as colds and flu, than those whose parents just smoke tobacco or don't smoke at all
18 June 2020
A 110-year-old measles genome has helped date the origin of the disease to about 500 BC, which is roughly when humans began living in cities with large populations
26 March 2020
The infection is being eliminated as a public health threat by countries that introduce widespread testing and treatment for those at risk
23 January 2020
Disease-causing bacteria living in dust can pass antibiotic resistance genes to one another, a study of samples of dust in public buildings suggests
16 December 2019
Miniature devices made from intricately folded DNA strings can boost the potency of antibacterial chemicals by bringing individual molecules into direct contact with the microbes
1 November 2018
Air travel may actually be reducing the risk of a deadly pandemic. This is because its harder for new microbes to stay isolated and become incredibly lethal
27 September 2018
Three people in the UK have caught the tropical disease, a relative of smallpox, the first time there have been cases in this country. But the smallpox vaccine provides immunity.
9 April 2018
Contracting infections like flu during pregnancy seems to lead to changes in a child’s brain that affects their cognitive abilities
