New research suggests that nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections (UTIs) in Southern California may be caused by strains of Escherichia coli that originated in food-producing animals.

After a quiet summer, bird flu cases are rising again. Scientists expected the development, but what happens next is still ...

Dear A.T.R.: Both colds and influenza (the "flu") are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused ...

Around 8 % of the human genome is made up of “ghost” viruses - ancient retroviruses that once infected our ancestors and now ...

After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal ...

This year’s doses protect against three strains of influenza, including two types of influenza A and one type of influenza B.

The highest number of US influenza-associated pediatric deaths occurred during the 2024 to 2025 season, excluding the 2009 to 2010 H1N1 pandemic.

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

The latest data from the US Department of Agriculture, correct as of October 23, reveals that almost 6.5 million birds have ...

Alveo Technologies, Inc. (Alveo), a leader in portable molecular sensing solutions, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI) at Lawrence Berkeley National ...