Zoonotic pathogens very likely caused the last pandemic. Can we get better at halting them before the next one?

Learn how interbreeding with Neanderthals may have bolstered our immune systems.

The safety of dyes obtained from the bloodred webcap fungus can vary, according to a new doctoral dissertation exploring their toxicity. Completed at the University of Eastern Finland, the study found ...

The soil fungus Mortierella alpina has the potential to make agriculture greener and more sustainable: The fungus produces ...

Scientists express concern over the possibility of the deadly and incurable 'zombie deer' disease affecting humans. The ...

Unstable proteins are the main drivers of many different heritable diseases, according to a new study, including genetic disorders responsible for the formation of cataracts, and different types of ...

Any mind-bending effects from fungi tend to wear off after the spores leave our digestive tracks, while human-to-human transmission is rare. But that doesn’t mean that fungi don’t pose a risk to ...

Study reveals that contemporary HPAI H5N1 viruses show reduced replication and immune activation in human lung organoids, ...

The proposed "Nutrition info box" would show customers whether products have low, medium or high levels of saturated fat, ...

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

This article explores the significance of the "One Health" approach in preventing zoonotic diseases, emphasizing the ...

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing, which involves reading the entire human DNA by first breaking it into small pieces—short reads. Christian Gilissen, ...