Barley is a widely grown cereal crop that is used chiefly for livestock feed, food, and malting to produce alcoholic ...

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The Trump administration wants countries that receive U.S. health aid to share data with Washington about pathogens that could spark epidemics as a condition of the funding, according to a draft ...

A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that common fungal species may be ...

America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other ...

Rodents in northern Germany were spotted using two different hunting strategies at major urban bat hibernation sites ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

Scholars have debated precisely what kinds of diseases ravaged Napoleon’s troops. New DNA analysis of some soldiers’ remains has revealed the presence of two pathogens in particular, according to a ...

The panels employ PCR techniques to test for numerous gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens using one stool swab.

A lab at the University of Colorado Boulder is studying ways to improve indoor air quality, including a recent study that ...

Pathogens were detected in 11.1 per cent of the 4.5 lakh patient samples tested this year by the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research’s) nationwide laboratory network, indicating a marginal but ...

Researchers identify two pathogens in the remains of soldiers in Napoleon's army. Napoleon’s withdrawal from Russia in 1812 ...