Research on the gut microbiome has focused mainly on bacteria, but bacteriophages and fungi play critical roles as well, with significant influences on health and disease.

As of this year, broiler hatchability in the United States is 6 percentage points lower than it was at its 2012 peak. This ...

the annual meeting of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, which took place from April 11 to 15, 2025 in Vienna, Austria. Further presentations covered the antifungal ...

A minority of women will suffer recurrent UTIs, defined as two proven infections within six months or three within 12 months. An important start in prevention is to address hydration, recommending ...

In the current case series, daptomycin was shown to be a safe and effective therapeutic option in the management of VRE UTIs. Because of the increasing prevalence of VRE infection and the limited ...

June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an important role in the disease ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by the progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the central nervous system or peripheral ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — New research has uncovered a surprising culprit underlying cardiovascular diseases in obesity and diabetes -- not the presence of certain fats, but their suppression. The study ...

The FDA has approved GSK's gepotidacin, the first oral antibiotic to offer a new mechanism of action in uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) in nearly 30 years, after a priority review.