Elevated bacteria levels have triggered warnings and beach closures, disrupting peak-season plans for visitors and locals ...

A peer-reviewed study is raising alarms about the role our waste and wastewater systems play in spreading dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The data revealed that microplastics may be acting ...

Most microbes either help human health or do not affect people’s health one way or the other. Of the millions of types of microbes in the world, only a few make us sick. Microbes are organisms that ...

Free-living amoebae are emerging as a global health concern, fueled by warming temperatures and outdated water systems. While many are harmless, some can cause deadly infections and even protect other ...

Food safety experts warn that millions of UK chopping boards may be harbouring invisible bacteria linked to serious stomach ...

Oribe Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo due to contamination from bacteria that typically affects cosmetics, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The recall is limited to specific ...

Scientists are warning that a little-known group of microbes called free-living amoebae may pose a growing global health threat. Found in soil and water, some species can survive extreme heat, ...

Rivals or allies—how do bacteria and fungi interact in our bodies? Until now, bacteria on our mucous membranes were primarily considered to be antagonists of fungi, as they can inhibit their growth.

On a sweltering morning last July, Vernon Spear, a burly eighty-five-year-old with thinning gray hair, went to check a chicken-wire crab trap that was hanging from a dock in Cambridge, Maryland. Spear ...

Beginning with a dramatic account of the SARS pandemic at the start of the 21st century, Crawford takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and man, taking an up-to-date look ...