The microbial community in the human gut plays a central role in various diseases. An important form of chemical ...

Multidrug resistant bacteria kill five million people each year, with newly resistant germs emerging faster than scientists ...

Multidrug-resistant bacteria kill five million people each year, with newly resistant germs emerging faster than scientists ...

If you can, “wait approximately 15 minutes after showering before using antiperspirant,” says Ploch. When you’re running late ...

You might think your towels don’t get all that dirty. After all, you’re clean when you use them, right? Wrong, say dermatologists, who argue that people don’t wash their towels often enough. Here, ...

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance – if we can understand how they win.

The bacteria itself is part of a group called cable bacteria because they act like cables. They are long and cylindrical in ...

"We need to try and mitigate their impact on our health now." Researchers make alarming discovery about gut bacteria: 'It's ...

Without proper brushing and flossing, bacteria in the mouth can grow unchecked. Over time, that bacteria can infiltrate and ...

Dylan Shropshire, assistant professor of biological sciences, studies Wolbachia, a bacterium that lives inside insect cells ...

Not all probiotics are created equal. A new study found that one commonly available strain made a gut infection worse, while ...

Researchers at USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are investigating the microbial communities carried by house flies ...