California researchers have identified a possible link between toxin in the gut and increase in cancer cases in people under ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to influence the bacteria living in our mouths — not by killing them, but by interrupting how they “talk” to each other. Researchers found that dental plaque ...

Emerging research suggests the state of the gut microbiome in early life is linked to colorectal cancer—and that both too ...

Researchers have long known that bacteria could potentially be used to deliver therapeutic drugs inside the human body.

More than half of the deer ticks tested from around Wisconsin carried the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, according to a ...

The 19 infections were linked to Kaiser's medical center in Santa Clara. Most of those who fell sick are recovering at home, ...

Health officials warn of elevated fecal bacteria levels at the beaches in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport and Biloxi.

In a new case report, doctors detail how a 74-year-old man lost most of his right leg to a Vibrio vulnificus infection.

Even if you know instinctively that your kitchen sponge can get pretty nasty, the numbers still might shock you: 54 billion ...

A newly developed therapy inspired by bacteria residing within tumors offers a different way to combat cancer by targeting ...

The FDA warned that the contaminated cream could potentially cause serious or life-threatening infections in some consumers ...

Just three days earlier, the man was otherwise healthy and active on the coast. But at one point when he jumped into the water, he got a cut on his right leg. It quickly became painful and bruised.