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Emerging research shows that the microbes that live in your mouth play an essential role in keeping the body healthy.

Researchers have taken a tiny piece of soil from the city of Prosser, in Washington state to dispatch it with some of its “inhabitants” to space, which actually happened last week. The soil and its inhabitants of bacteria blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday.…

In a world-first, a research team in Western Australia develops a faster method of detecting bacterial infections, in a move that should also combat antibiotic resistance.

Forget COVID-19, monkeypox and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of oral antibiotics.

The summer cookout brings with it the risk of sickness from bacteria that can end up spoiling more than one meal. Cook hamburgers incorrectly, and you could end up with a case of E. coli.

Ten years ago this week, Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues published the results of a test-tube experiment on bacterial genes. When the study came out in the journal Science on June 28, 2012, it did not make headline news. In fact, over the next few weeks, it did not make…

The pill is aimed at those who do not want a hangover after drinking the day before. But can these pills prevent a hangover?

Common urinary tract infections are leading to emergency room visits because of the failure of oral antibiotics

Health officials acted swiftly to disinfect the pathogen believed to be from softshell turtles and are tracking down other batches

TAMPA, Fla. — Sixteen flavors of Sarasota-produced ice cream linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak contained the bacteria, Florida officials have confirmed.

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