A dangerous superbug known as Candida auris has emerged as a growing concern in Texas as cases climb nationwide, particularly in health care settings. The fungus is closely monitored because of its ...

An artificial virus capable of attacking superbug infections resistant to antibiotics has been bioengineered by researchers at University College London (UCL), National Physical Laboratory (NPL), ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, according to a new study.

A team of researchers detected eight cases of "Candida auris" infection in Portugal in 2023. The fungus is present in around ...

With the United States facing an increasing number of drug-resistant “superbugs,” federal health officials said a relatively simple solution could prevent more than half a million of the most deadly ...

Cases of a potentially lethal fungus have stabilized in Nevada, according to public health officials, who urge continued ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some of the latest science news. Last Monday the ...