The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak ...

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Toxoplasma gondii is an incredibly pervasive parasite that can infect pretty much any warm-blooded animal, taking up ...

I ntrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China ...

A microscopic parasite quietly infects the brains of millions worldwide. Known scientifically as Toxoplasma gondii, this tiny ...

Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly ...

Dombroskie says, though, that humans likely can’t pick up on any mating scents—just the self-defense ones. “They're trying to dissuade us from eating them,” he says.

Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat the living flesh of ...

Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite, is silently affects brain signaling - possibly altering neural balance even in people without ...

Monoclonal antibodies provide protection against a wide range of infectious microbes, and now, in a series of elegant ...

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From cancer to infectious diseases to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, there ...