Author: Conor Meehan, Associate Professor of Microbial Bioinformatics, Nottingham Trent University

Living with your partner can influence the microbiome. PeopleImages/ Shutterstock When living with a partner, you might be sharing more than just the same home, lifestyle and interests. You might also share various microscopic organisms residing on and in you. This community of microorganisms, which consists of mainly bacteria, viruses and fungi, is known collectively […]

TetianaKtv/Shutterstock.com A group of volunteers spent days locked in a small hotel room with people actively infected with flu. They played games, shared objects and exercised together in conditions designed to help the virus spread. Yet not a single person caught influenza. The unexpected finding comes from a well-designed study that set out to answer […]

Flu season has got off to an early start this year in the UK – with cases spiking weeks earlier than in previous years. This has led to concerns that the UK may be on track for one of its worst flu seasons ever. In the UK and other northern hemisphere countries, flu season tends […]