Urban parks and residential green spaces are home to higher, but also much more homogenous soil biodiversity than nearby ...

A bacteria that can cause necrotizing fasciitis — in which the infected flesh dies — keeps sickening people, especially in Florida and Louisiana. The Tallahassee Democrat, part of the USA TODAY ...

Consuming raw oysters resulted in two deaths. The oysters contained Vibrio vulnificus. This bacteria is dangerous. It thrives in warm coastal waters. Louisiana and Florida received the contaminated ...

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Chemical signals: Receptors that have been little researched to date could play an important role in the search for nutrients by beneficial, motile bacteria in the intestine and in communication ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A surge in infections from the rare and deadly flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus has claimed five lives in Florida this year, as cases have soared to 20 in just a ...

Viruses have shown huge potential in treating various kinds of cancer, but the immune response has limited their application to tumours near the body’s surface. Now, scientists have demonstrated that ...

Massachusetts health officials say the case is rare and the beaches will remain open Getty A swimmer in Cape Cod was infected with flesh-eating bacteria due to an open wound Massachusetts health ...

Several hand soaps, cleansers and antiseptics have been voluntarily recalled over a bacteria contamination that could lead to "life-threatening sepsis." DermaRite Industries recalled its DermaKleen ...

C. diff, which is short for Clostridioides difficile, is a type of bacteria that may cause serious problems in the digestive system. It is one of the most common causes of diarrhea linked to ...

The flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus is fatal for 1 in 5 people Getty Health officials are sending a warning to residents in Gulf Coast states after eight people are dead from the ...

What they bring back may help us get to the bottom of public health problems on Earth, like antibiotic resistance and infectious disease spread. There’s a secret, extra member of Crew-11 traveling to ...