Among the nearly half of adults who didn't wash their hands at important times, forgetting was the most common reason why.

Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans, according to a six-year study by Tufts University ...

Telomere phages, once ignored, help bacteria fight rivals using telocins. These toxins may target antibiotic-resistant ...

After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice, researchers have shown in a new study how activity of 'good' microbes in the gut is linked to ...

Anthrax can be transmitted through activities such as slaughtering animals, consuming raw or undercooked meat, and contact ...

Too easily overlooked are non-influenza, non-COVID viruses and bacteria that are burgeoning and spreading unchecked — both in ...

Streptococcus Group A affects close to 20% of U.S. children, according to Dr. Joshua Osowicki, senior research fellow at the ...

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the ...

Group B strep is a type of bacteria that many healthy people carry in their bodies: it naturally exists in the gut and lower ...

University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent ...

such as cleanses involving unpasteurized juices that contain harmful bacteria. Often, 3-day gut resets involve adopting habits that are generally beneficial for human health. Eating a healthful ...