The Cuyahoga County Justice Center’s water system was disinfected Friday due to the detection of bacteria that causes ...

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"Immune amnesia," physicians say, leaves patients vulnerable to reccurrences of diseases their immune cells were previously ...

Experts recommend brushing at least twice a day and flossing once a day to eliminate plaque-forming bacteria that could ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, ...

C. diff, a dangerous and highly contagious infection, spreads in hospitals much more than previously believed, especially ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in the ...

The microbial community living within our large intestine is a highly dense and complex ecosystem. While some of these microbes cause illness and disease (such as bacteria and viruses), others are ...

Skin microbes do more than coexist—they shape immune responses, repair tissue, and influence gene expression across your ...

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria’s ‘motor, ...

A new study comparing the microbiomes of people with IBD and Parkinson’s disease has found that people with either condition ...