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Does owning a pet boost your gut health?

Emerging research suggests that our pets might be making our microbiome healthier.

Inverse

Next pandemic may come from melting glaciers, new data shows

Analysis of Arctic lake suggests viruses and bacteria locked in ice could reawaken and infect wildlife

The Guardian - UK

'Flesh-eating' bacteria ripping through Florida with 'record number' of infections'

Cases of the terrifying Vibrio vulnificus have spiked across the areas worst hit by Hurricane Ian causing life-threatening wound infections and a number of deaths

Daily Mirror

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Leo Varadkar fridge pic prompts warning from FSAI as Tanaiste mocked for not doing one thing

A breeding ground for bacteria

Irish Mirror

Why Was the Lyme Disease Vaccine Tossed Away?

It was pulled from the market almost immediately after it was developed in 1998. Twenty-five years later, the painful disease is on the rise

The Walrus

Dental expert reveals which chocolate is 'good for your teeth'

Some varieties can help to fight bacteria, according to an orthodontist

Wales Online

Could Bacteria Found in Algerian Caves Treat Gluten Sensitivity?

An isolated bacterium discovered in an Algerian cave might be a solution to wheat gluten sensitivity, found joint research by Sweden’s Umea University and Algeria’s Constantine University. Gluten sensitivity is the body’s inability to digest or break down the gluten found in wheat and other grains. People with this digestive…

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Urgent warning issued over kitchen item that could host E.coli and salmonella

Previous research has found that items we utilise regularly in our homes can be home to hundreds of different bacteria's - making the whole household ill with just a touch.

Edinburgh Live

Programmed bacteria make living material

A synthetic biologist explains how he programs bacteria to fix human and environmental problems

Salon

Scientists create a self-repairing material from a tiny but mighty natural force

Because engineered living materials are made of living cells, they can be genetically engineered to perform a broad variety of functions.

Inverse

Alzheimer's may not be a brain disease

A group of neuroscience researchers think Alzheimer's is an autoimmune condition — could this lead to a cure?

Salon

Why This Jewelry Designer Makes Pieces Using Her Own Bacteria

She was amazed at the microscopic world and thought the bacteria she could see was beautiful.

Zenger

Humble Potato Could Be Key To Beating Hospital Superbugs

Scientists say it contains a natural drug that destroys lethal bacteria.

Zenger

Genetically engineered bacteria make living materials for self-repairing walls and cleaning up pollution

With just an incubator and some broth, researchers can grow reusable filters made of bacteria to clean up polluted water, detect chemicals in the environment and protect surfaces from rust and mold.

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Daily Record

Warning over kitchen item that 'must be disinfected' as it could host E. coli and salmonella

Previous research has found that items we touch regularly in our homes can be home to hundreds of different bacterias.

Dublin Live

Dirtiest items in your home revealed by expert - and you will be shocked by the worst offenders

You will find deadly germs in some unlikely places around your home

Wales Online

Jewellery designer uses bacteria from her own skin

Chloe Fitzpatrick, 22, has racked up 106,000 followers on TikTok where she documents the zany design process

Wales Online

Dirtiest object in your house is one you use to clean everything else

Experts say you will find deadly germs in some unlikely places around your home

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Why Covid-19 made this sexually transmitted superbug even worse

Gonorrhea is on the rise, but there are concrete steps that people can take to prevent it from getting worse.

Daily Mirror

Your washing-up sponge could be making you ill - unless you put it in microwave

However long you spend cleaning your house every week, it's always easy to forget a few key areas which could be a breeding ground for microscopic bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, salmonella, E.coli and mould

The Guardian - UK

Seville’s marmalade oranges under threat from deadly yellow dragon disease

The Spanish city is hoping to find a natural remedy to head off bacteria that have attacked citrus groves around the world

The Independent UK

Heart infection could be cause of death of Polish, US hero

Medical and genetics experts in Poland say that a heart infection caused by a common skin bacteria could have caused the 1817 death of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish and U.S. military leader and national hero

The Conversation

Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19 – a molecular biologist explains the sexually transmitted superbug

COVID-19 has rightfully dominated infectious disease news since 2020. However, that doesn’t mean other infectious diseases took a break. In fact, U.S. rates of infection by gonorrhea have risen during the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Meningitis and septicaemia ‘more than just a rash’, charity warns

Symptoms can be hard to distinguish from other mild illnesses such as flu, particularly in the early stages of illness.

Irish Mirror

Meningitis symptoms to watch out for after woman dies in Limerick

The germs that cause bacterial meningitis can also cause septicaemia (blood poisoning).

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