The European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) was once widespread in the North Sea. However, overfishing, habitat destruction and ...

Scientists in Scotland have looked into how tackling foodborne pathogens in food producing animals could help reduce the consumption of contaminated meat. The project, undertaken by Moredun Research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Climate change may be putting millions more people at risk from an infection-causing fungi, which is likely spreading due to ...

In today’s interconnected world, the spread of pathogenic microorganisms poses a significant challenge to global public health, economic stability, and ...

Scientists are hard at work trying to assess the scale of our microplastic pollution problem and the likely health impacts. A new study now identifies several downstream health risks these tiny ...

Low-cost infection prevention and control measures present a valuable opportunity to mitigate the spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae, according to a new study led by researchers at Boston University ...

More than half of human pathogens may be aggravated by climate change and this is accelerating disease transmission, according to a new report. It’s already been a record year for new and amplified ...

The study was conducted in a grassland on the UC Santa Cruz campus known as the “Great Meadow.” (Photo by Gregory Gilbert) Researchers grew a selection of 44 wild plant species with no previous ...

Plant diseases rarely happen by accident. When problems show up in the garden, it is usually because the right conditions come together at the right time. Plant diseases can occur in any garden. In ...

The Government Accountability Office is calling on HHS to increase transparency in how it assesses and mitigates risk related to high-risk pathogen research. In a report released Feb. 19, the GAO said ...