Author: Erin Garcia de Jesus

Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

Bats can carry some deadly human pathogens without signs of illness. A new survey shows that other viruses can still be bad for bats.

Thumbnails might have boosted rodents’ food-handling skills, helping them thrive worldwide.

Mice treated with the protein, which is found in bacteria, quickly eliminated carbon monoxide from their body in their pee.

Levels of hydrogen sulfide gas soared near a raging section of the Tijuana River in San Diego, exposing residents to potentially harmful air pollution.

Respiratory viruses often surge in the fall. We asked an infectious diseases expert how best to protect ourselves given a shifting vaccine landscape.

In-flight defecation may help the birds stay away from feces that can contain pathogens such as bird flu while also fertilizing the ocean.