Lyme disease gets a lot of attention, but as there's been an uptick in deer tick numbers over the years, another illness has ...

Tarrant County faces a moderate to high likelihood of a measles outbreak. Here’s why we may be more vulnerable. Public health ...

Most plastics used today – roughly 75% – are made of semicrystalline polymers. These materials have a layered structure that ...

A key to antibiotic resistance might be the use of viruses to kill bacteria, however, the systems that bacteria employ to defense themselves against viruses are unknown. Understanding these systems ...

Even mild cases of the infection can cause cellular damage that makes the body vulnerable to diseases it once fended off.

Once considered obscure or opportunistic, invasive fungal infections are now surfacing with alarming frequency - and in ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in the ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, ...

A quiet change in 2014 tied West Nile prevention budget to anti-smoking efforts. Cities and counties won't get that money ...

In a growing global trend, bacteria are evolving new ways to maneuver around medical treatments for a variety of infections.