Well-known microbes that grow on our crops, our gardens, even our skin have been found thriving at two to three times the flying height of a commercial jetliner.
Andes hantavirus causes deadly lung failure, but its method of attack differs from other respiratory illnesses. The details might inform future treatments.
Best practices, including checking public E. coli reports and keeping your head above water can keep you safe while swimming.
British chef Mike Keen will ski across Greenland eating only fermented seal. Researchers will study how the Inuit diet shapes gut health.
Scientists still don’t know why Andes hantavirus is the only one shown to spread from person to person.
Public health officials are racing to find out how the sometimes deadly hantavirus got aboard a cruise ship and if there has been human-to-human spread.
In cows’ guts, ciliates contain a tiny organelle called a hydrogenobody that may drive production of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
An analysis of ancient DNA and modern disease risk suggests some immune genes may reduce allergy risk rather than increase it.
Rising heat and drought may spur bacteria to exchange antibiotic resistance genes, with potential risks to human health.
The findings show how the H5N1 bird flu virus is evolving in livestock and what that may mean for human health.
