Viral and bacterial meningitis are explored in this factsheet, helping nurses to identify when emergency treatment is needed.

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against ...

The viruses that pose the biggest risk to public health have been revealed. Among the viral pathogen families classed as high ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

Viral meningitis is a contagious infection that inflames the brain’s protective membranes—learn its causes, warning signs, ...