Each winter, cold and flu season reaches its peak. That leaves a lot of people dealing with coughing, sneezing and fevers. People often take fever reducers to lower their body temperature when they’re ...

Long before humans became interested in killing bacteria, viruses were on the job. Viruses that attack bacteria, termed “phages” (short for bacteriophage), were first identified by their ability to ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming harder to treat, pushing scientists to look for new antibiotic targets. Researchers have now discovered that several unrelated viruses disable a key bacterial ...