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The COVID-19 pandemic led to heightened public interest in learning about viruses and how they can cause diseases.

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Bacteria-eating viruses called bacteriophages are drawing new interest, Lina Zeldovich writes in "The Living Medicine." ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all the importance of educating the public about viral infections. Besides educating the general public, we need to equip the next generation of scientists by ...

Next-generation metagenomic sequencing test developed at UCSF proves its effectiveness in quickly diagnosing almost any kind ...

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E. coli, listeria and salmonella bacteria have been making news, again, for sickening Americans. But what exactly are these tiny troublemakers? Truthfully, unless you have a microscope and samples ...

This virus spreads easily through food and drink ... person has touched and then touching your mouth. The most common bacteria that causes foodborne illness is the Campylobacter bacteria.