Health officials are warning that children at Oaklands Elementary School may have come in contact with the bacterium that causes pertussis, which is spread by coughing. Symptoms are initially mild and ...

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Two New Jersey beaches earned spots on a list of the cleanest beaches in the United States, according to a report published ...

Researchers have developed three new antibiotics from scorpion venom and habanero peppers to combat tuberculosis and other ...

Since a landmark 2009 study, researchers have known that a common gut bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, drives colon tumor ...

A study reveals that breastfeeding strengthens a baby's microbiome and reduces the risk of asthma and obesity.

Kaiser Permanente confirmed that its Santa Clara, California, medical center had treated over a dozen Legionella cases, a ...

Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways. It gets ...

The bacterium Segatella copri is one of the most common inhabitants of the human gut. In their latest study, researchers at ...

Looking for pest prevention strategies that work? Researchers share how they prevent mosquito bites and keep the bugs at bay ...

At first glance, there may seem to be little connection between a red fox killed on a highway in Italy and the global threat ...

A naturally derived molecule shows promise in blocking critical behaviors that bacteria rely on to cause disease.