PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning about a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak affecting 12 states. The infections are being linked to meats sliced at …
Hong Kong health authorities are investigating a case of leprosy involving a 30-year-old woman, while emphasising the local risk of transmission remains low. The Centre for Health Protection said on …
A potentially deadly bacterial infection called streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, is spreading in Japan, prompting questions about what causes it and how to prevent it. Japan’s National Institute …
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. As flowers bloom and temperatures climb, many are eager to get back outside. But while the sun may …
A water charity said Monday that tests of water from the Seine river, where water events are set to take place in less than four months during the Paris 2024 …
But Coleâs progress was short-lived. Her blood infection returned, and her doctors determined the phage-antibiotic combination was no longer effective. She passed away from pneumonia in March 2022, seven months …
A Massachusetts mom of three and retired physical therapist died of Legionnaires’ disease after staying at a ritzy New Hampshire resort, where another guest was hospitalized with the infection months …
In the United States alone, the bug sickens thousands and kills hundreds every year. Acinetobacter baumannii, seen under a scanning electron microscope, is a Gram-negative bacterium responsible for thousands of …
Hospitals in Ukraine are now battling an “alarming increase” in germs with resistance to the last-ditch antibiotic medications used to treat the infections, a study published by the U.S. Centers …
A $1 Cancer Treatment: Scientists are developing a low-cost, safe, and controlled cancer treatment using bacteria. Cancer, a disease that has long cast a shadow over human health, may soon …