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 ...

Kaua‘i’s usually crystal-clear shoreline is under a statewide health warning after days of heavy rain sent muddy runoff pouring into the ocean. The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has issued a brown ...

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 ...

A massive sewage spill that dumped 240 million gallons into the Potomac River continues to devastate the oyster industry, ...

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) ...

Researchers are testing "smart underwear" sensors that track when people pass gas—while also recording diet and daily habits. Early results show pe ...

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