Researchers have, for the first time, estimated how quickly E. coli bacteria can spread between people — and one strain moves ...

University of Queensland researchers have captured the first high-resolution images of the yellow fever virus (YFV), a ...

Concern over indoor air quality is driving demand for devices like air purifiers and humidifiers. While purifiers clean the ...

Their results showed that one particular strain, known as ST131-A, can spread between people as rapidly as some viruses that have caused global outbreaks, including the swine flu (H1N1). This is ...

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements that use giant viruses—known as jumbo phages—to move between cells. The ...

Escherichia coli (E. coli), a type of bacteria commonly found in the human gut, could spread as quickly as swine flu, new ...

Our gut is full of tiny creatures that help us digest our food, protect us from harmful intruders, and act as the telephone ...

Scientists have found that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a distinctly imbalanced oral microbiome—marked by a loss of beneficial bacteria and a rise in inflammation-linked microbes.

With ads everywhere for pro- or pre-biotic foods and supplements, most people are familiar with the gut microbiome—the trillions of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that colonize our digestive tract—and ...

“In general, dermatologists recommend no more than 5 to 10 minutes of warm water exposure per day for showers,” Elbuluk said.

According to Mishra, the bacterial communities that establish in the first six to 12 months are responsible for allergy risk, ...

With ads everywhere for pro- or pre-biotic foods and supplements, most people are familiar with the gut microbiome-the ...