U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he ...

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To make a more efficient antibiotic treatment, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science modified penicillin, so that it’s ...

If you want to make diet choices that help the planet, the most common and effective advice is to eat fewer animals and more plants.

Despite its fishy name, Salmonella has no connection to the underwater creature salmon. Rather, the story behind the bacteria is one of disputed credit between two American researchers. It's also ...

Despite its fishy name, salmonella has no connection to the underwater creature salmon. Rather, the story behind the bacteria ...

LOWELL, Ind. — An Indiana mother is using her grief to warn other parents about a bacterial infection that killed her son within hours. "This is not your typical everyday flu," said Ashlee ...

Viral or bacterial particles replicate during the incubation stage. The prodromal stage refers to the period after incubation and before the characteristic symptoms of infection occur. People can ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has alarmed state biologists as the tick ...