In "So Very Small," author Thomas Levenson recounts the complex history of how humans came to discover germs and the ...

The enemy of the people in South Sudan can be seen as he who prioritizes his or her own power and interests over the welfare ...

News about an outbreak or mystery virus can trigger fear. Use four questions to assess whether the reports are something to ...

These are viruses that infect bacteria that, at the turn of the 20th ... you had people vigorously denouncing the idea of smallpox inoculation [in which healthy people were exposed to fluids ...

But bad viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi usually cause illnesses ... an estimated 25–50 million people in Europe died from bubonic plague. In the 18th Century, smallpox killed around 60 million ...

Some things just go together in your belly: peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper, bacteria and bacteria-eating viruses. For the bacterial species that inhabit your gut, there's a frenzy of ...

Furthermore, as antibiotics generally target pathways essential for bacterial survival, they have a broad spectrum of action but lack specificity, with repercussions on all the bacteria of the ...

Around 30 percent of people have Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — the primary bacterial culprit behind staphylococcal infections — somewhere on their skin or in their nose. In most cases, these ...

NOT OFFICIAL. OKAY, OKAY. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH, A NEW STRAIN OF BACTERIA IS CAUSING CONCERN AS EVERYONE HEADS BACK OUTDOORS. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN RABBIT TICKS IN A BACKYARD IN MAINE, AND ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Two bighorn rams from hunting district 622 have tested positive for bacteria that cause pneumonia. One sheep was harvested by the hunter in the fall. Another died during spring ...