pathogens
Baby Tasmanian Devils Have Given Us a Potential Treatment for Superbugs
Because devil babies are born so young, their mother’s milk is spiked with powerful antibiotics.
Is Undead Smallpox Reemerging From Siberian Graves?
Scientists debate the dangers of a new plague emerging from permafrost thaws.
Here’s Where Animal Diseases Are Jumping into Humans
Ebola, Zika, SARS, and Lyme disease are just a few of the nearly 1,000 zoonoses that pose a risk to humans.
Why Health Canada’s Move to Sell ‘Irradiated Beef’ Is a Great Idea
Astronauts eat irradiated beef. Why shouldn’t the rest of us?
WHO Releases Its (Now) Annual List of the Nine Most Dire Epidemic Threats
An unpleasant bunch ranging from Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever to standbys MERS and SARS
The Military Is Working on Making Humans as Disease-Resistant as Rats
"Rats host pathogens and they survive just fine—isn't that a great opportunity for us?"
Is Antarctic Ecotourism Killing Penguins?
Although taking people to the giant icy hunk of land at the bottom of the world brings attention and awareness to the area's environmental issues, there are risks involved for the continent's avian inhabitants.
Biochemists Uncover Nature's Own Process of Antibiotic Production
Bacteria itself has been making its own kick-ass antibiotics a whole lot longer than we have.
Not Everyone Is Happy About the White House's Ban on Superbugs
Gain-of-function research is more necessary than one might think.