There are technically no “good” or “bad” viruses or bacteria – they are completely amoral and selfishly work towards reproducing. Like giant corporations, every bacterium (such as E. coli) or virus ...

The medical journal The Lancet calls it a “mysterious” and “emerging” threat. PAHO, the Pan American Health Organization, has issued an epidemiological alert urging for increased prevention, ...

If people had been aware of the existence of bacteria and their role in causing the Black Death in the 14th century, as well as the subsequent cholera pandemics, convincing them that bacteria could be ...

05 March 2013 What software and anti-viruses are there for protecting confidential files on my computers? As our technology improves, so do the threats of cyber-crime and hackers. Network security is ...

The number of malicious software programs vying to take up residence on unsuspecting computer users' hard drives has quadrupled in the past two years, according to security experts. The growth has set ...

Your toothbrushes and shower head are bustling with life, according to a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiomes. The researchers found that more than 600 different viruses are ...

More than 7,000 cases of the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya have been recorded in several cities in the south of China. The World Health Organization warned in July that a major chikungunya virus ...

We are all too familiar with the term 'pandemic', but experts fear Britain could be facing a 'quad-demic' this winter – with a surge in cases of four winter bugs, each capable of leaving us bedbound – ...

Fears of an outbreak of a lethal virus with no cure have risen through Europe after railway passengers in Germany began to show symptoms. The Marburg virus kills up to 88% of people who contract the ...