Several residents, including children, in the villages of Sagar taluk fell ill in the last two days, and an elderly woman, complaining of abnormal bowel movements, died on Thursday (March 12), leaving ...

The water is a toxic cocktail of sewage and chemicals. From flesh-eating bacteria to cholera, here are the life-threatening dangers lurking beneath the surface ...

When many disease-causing bacteria encounter penicillin, they are not always destroyed right away, shifting into a temporary survival state called antibiotic tolerance. This state allows them to ...

When many disease-causing bacteria encounter penicillin, they are not always destroyed right away, shifting into a temporary survival state called ...

Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.

Experts warn that the risks will extend beyond immediate injuries, displacement, and deaths, based on scientific prediction and evidence from previous disasters. Floodwaters are likely to seep into ...

A University of Calgary–led research team finds that only 7% of children infected with Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) during a 395-case ...

Infections from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the most common cause of travelers’ diarrhea, and they commonly cause childhood diarrhea in low-income regions. In children below ...

ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children ...

Colon cancer is the third most common cancer globally, behind 1.9 million cases, and the second biggest cause of ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...