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 ...

New bacterial mRNA vaccine technology shows promise in fighting plague, and could help address the global threat of ...

The Florida Department of Health said a rare flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, killed four people so far in 2025.

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 ...

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

Getting bitten by a deer tick can lead to Lyme disease. These ticks can carry bacteria responsible for the illness and ...

Eleven people have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, and four of them died, ...

Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," can have horrifying and even fatal effects on humans. Symptoms, how to avoid it.

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling ...

Babies lacking in key gut bacteria are at greater risk of developing asthma, allergies or eczema Dirty diapers are more than ...