LOS ANGELES - County health officials are warning people to stay out of the water at several Westside beaches as temperatures rise amid a regional heat wave. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County ...

SPRING HILL, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa Bay man who was given a 10% chance of survival after contracting flesh-eating bacteria is now back in the area. He is beating the odds as he goes through rehab ...

If confirmed in people, the finding might lead to gut-targeted therapies that could reverse cognitive decline.

When the digestive system fails to absorb fructose, the lingering sugar disrupts the gut microbiome. A recent study reveals this bacterial shift sparks low-grade, body-wide inflammation that can alter ...

For over a year, Suzannah Weiss lived with unrelenting pain. After being dismissed by eight doctors, specialized testing ...

Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...

Drugmakers must focus on developing new antibiotics to fight hospital “superbugs” including meningitis and other infections that can resist last-line treatments, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The Potomac Riverkeeper Network says sewage carrying dangerous levels of E. coli is leaking from the C&O Canal bypass system.

Antibiotic susceptibility in resistant bacteria is not static. New research shows that bacteria harboring resistance genes may respond differently to antibiotics if they are tested under conditions ...

The City of Vero Beach Public Water System failed to meet a required drinking water monitoring standard in January, though they say there is no cause for concern about the safety of the water.

Researchers have developed new methods to test food for bacterial contamination that are faster and do not require expert training. The work is being done at the University of Connecticut College of ...