A recent deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York is a stark reminder that this invisible threat could be lurking in the water mist you breathe every day, from your shower to a decorative ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can be found throughout the environment. It can also cause deadly, multidrug-resistant infections, especially in those with health conditions such as cystic ...

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 ...

How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...

A new way to map the spread and evolution of pathogens, and their responses to vaccines and antibiotics, will provide key insights to help predict and prevent future outbreaks. The approach combines a ...

A single contaminated ingredient in the recent E. coli outbreak revealed how quickly modern food service can transform from a network of restaurants into a web of transmission. The incident wasn't ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The first systematic test of how widely pathogens can spread among distantly related plants reveals far greater range than conventional wisdom would suggest, raising questions about the ...

Renowned epidemiologist and Johns Hopkins alum Derek Cummings, Engr '01 (MS), '04 (PhD), BSPH '04 (MHS), has joined the university as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Infectious Disease ...

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 ...

Concordia researchers have developed a new method of monitoring and tracking how disease-causing particles, or pathogens, spread from one place to another. The tool could help contain future outbreaks ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack cellular processes in ticks to ensure their survival and spread to new hosts, ...

The pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa breaching through the respiratory epithelia of a human lung microtissue model, captured via Scanning Electron Microscopy. How do pathogens invade the ...