Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical—one that can kill them at high enough ...

Viruses and bacteria are always trying to sneak into our bodies, but researchers at the University of Missouri are ...

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

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TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more medicines.