�鶹��ý

Skip to content

A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata)

Life

Bird-loving vampire bats develop taste for human blood

Bats in Brazil exclusively feed on bird blood, but new arrivals in their territory are now on the menu – they have been caught feasting on human blood

News

Attack of the household products: Hygiene’s hidden risks

Health

Attack of the household products: Hygiene’s hidden risks

Features

spray

Health

Dishing the dirt: How clean does your home really need to be?

Features

A woman in a doctors surgery getting a vaccination

Humans

Gender equality is boosted by better infection control

News

Patient in hospital bed

Health

One in 20 European patients catch an infection while in hospital

News

Black widow spider

Life

Virus steals black widow poison gene to help it attack

News

Electron micrograph showing amoebas in orange

Life

Brain-eating amoebas hunt brain chemical before they kill you

News

A man sleeps in an artificially lit factory

Health

Herpes infections are worse if contracted at the end of the day

News

Travel warnings for pregnant women

Health

Pregnant women travel warning as Florida Zika cases rise to 14

News

Pseudomonas aeruginosa under the electron microscope

Life

Lung bacteria's sense of touch tells them when to turn nasty

Pseudomonas bacteria decide to become virulent when they sense they are in contact with a surface - a finding that could help people with cystic fibrosis

News

Health

Gene editing could destroy herpes viruses living inside you

News

Health

Zika virus prompts increase in unsafe abortions in Latin America

News

Technology

Drop in Google searches reveals success of chickenpox vaccine

News

Health

Quick $2 test reveals if you caught a superbug in hospital

News