Cancer is one of the causes responsible for the most deaths worldwide; in 2020, for example, it resulted in ten million deaths. It has been estimated that micro-organism infections caused between ...

New research shows a common skin fungus can help melanoma spread by changing cancer cell movement and energy use.

Our bodies host a variety of microorganisms, and the microbial communities in and on our bodies have to maintain the right balances among their members, or problems can arise. This includes the ...

Fungus-coated bats are spreading deadly disease in Washington state’s San Juan Island National Historical Park, according to park officials. Three Yuma Myotis bats tested positive for the fungus that ...

Learn more about the diseases that live in certain animals and if they can be transferred to humans.

Human activity continues to expand ever further into wild areas, throwing ecology out of balance. But what begins as an ...