Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every ...

A simple light-based method is uncovering hidden fiber networks inside the brain and body, even in tissue slides over 100 years old.

Cervical cancer sneaks up on thousands of women each year, hitting hardest in countries like India where screening often ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas.

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and ...

Gynecologists long viewed bacterial vaginosis as solely a women’s issue — until a study that treated their male partners, too ...

Climate change is fueling dengue outbreaks. A new study shows how warming at everyday temperatures is increasing risk across ...

Public health officials are asking people to monitor themselves for symptoms of measles over the holidays if they recently ...

The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on ...

In a lab far from the Arctic, a virus that had been locked in ice for tens of thousands of years was coaxed back into activity, proving that some ancient pathogens can endure almost unimaginable ...

Cases are more common in the winter as people spend more time indoors and in settings like schools, long-term care facilities and daycares.