Potentially dangerous staphylococci compete with other bacteria for biotin in the human nasal cavity. This could offer a new ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, ...

Diphtheria remains a threat, but effective management hinges on rapid access to both antibiotics and a critically scarce ...

Bacteria, viruses and fungi that colonize the body — including some that live directly on eye surfaces — can have an ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals.

In many cases, thoroughly washing or cooking your food is enough to prevent infection from listeria.

Vibrio, a toxic microbe found in warm coastal waters, is on the rise in South Carolina as the earth’s climate changes.

Takanori Takebe’s strange investigation into whether humans can use the gut for breathing has surprisingly sentimental origins: helping his dad.

Europe has seen a resurgence of diphtheria since 2022, with cutaneous forms predominating in vulnerable groups and declining adult vaccination rates in adults.

A research team led by Professor WANG Peng from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with international researchers, has successfully engineered liquid ...

Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will not need ...

Alice Gorman receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is also co-vice chair of the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities and a fellow of the Outer Space Institute. Art ...