Pathogens are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics. With the goal of developing new therapeutic approaches to ...

Pathogens are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics. With the goal of developing new therapeutic approaches to ...

"Our results show that Yersinia doesn't just passively react to environmental conditions. Instead it actively switches between a virulent and a reproductive phase," Diepold said. "This enables it to ...

To ensure a healthy diet, it's crucial to properly clean vegetables before refrigerating them. Washing produce with water and ...

Scientists solve the mystery of the Justinian Plague. They identify Yersinia pestis as the cause. The plague devastated the Byzantine Empire. DNA from a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan confirms this.

Scientists have confirmed that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium behind later plagues like the Black Death, caused the Justinian Plague - the world’s first recorded pandemic 1,500 years ago. In an ...

Scientists have finally uncovered direct genetic evidence of Yersinia pestis — the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — in a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan. This long-sought discovery resolves a ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary. A new study has found direct genetic ...

In July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically, but quietly, scaled back a food safety surveillance system, cutting active tracking from eight top foodborne infections down to ...

The CDC has officially confirmed that is no longer tracking six of eight pathogens that cause foodborne illnesses. In communication with Food Safety News a spokesperson with the Centers for Disease ...

President Donald Trump sounded like a tyrannical toddler Tuesday as he declared that he has “the right to do anything” he wants. Trump is feuding with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker over Trump’s plot ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. FoodNet, a national food safety system, is scaling back ...