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Scientists have developed a potential treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection that combines manuka honey with a widely used drug.

A new strategy for vaccinating against HIV, using adjuvants, has shown promise in a pre-clinical research study.

A new study from Israel found that the risk of developing myocarditis among males ages 16 to 19 years was about 1 in 15,000 after third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, and the cases were rare and mild, according to new research published in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

In a first, scientists have captured on video all the steps a virus follows as it enters and infects a living cell in real time and in three dimensions.

Researchers have built the most complex and well-defined synthetic microbiome by creating a community of over 100 bacterial species that was successfully transplanted into mice.

DNA from fossilized whipworm eggs found in Viking feces has enabled an in-depth genetic analysis of the parasite's development and spread.

Soil temperature could be used to monitor and predict the survival of corn earworms over winter and therefore predict how likely they are to spread.

New research has found that hydroquinine, a compound found in the bark of trees and used as an anti-malarial, also has bacterial killing activity.

Coronavirus particles have been shown to exist in a range of squashed and elongated ellipsoidal shapes and the way they rotate in fluid affect how the virus is transmitted.

In a new study, researchers report a substance that boosted the immune response to an experimental COVID-19 shot in mice by 25 times, compared to injection with the vaccine alone.