Worldwide, billions of people rely on water sources whose hygienic quality is unclear or difficult to monitor. Conventional ...

Scientists have discovered a bacterium capable of binding sand and creating a sustainable bio-cement for construction.

A doctor yesterday reminded people not to take certain types of drugs before getting a stool antigen test for Helicobacter pylori amid a one-time government-funded testing program for people aged 45 ...

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County is urging swimmers, surfers and others to avoid the water at a couple of spots along the coast due to health concerns. Water testing completed on Feb ...

In the depths of Scarisoara cave in Romania sits one of the world’s biggest underground glaciers, a monumental slab of ice the size of roughly 40 Olympic swimming pools that began to form around ...

A new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work together to dry out the lining of the gut and cause constipation It is as unfortunate an ailment as it is ubiquitous: at some point in our life, ...

McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria—and determining which antibiotics can stop them—in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to curb ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — New York City officials confirmed a new detection of the bacteria linked to Legionnaires’ Disease. This time, health officials say, it was found in the hot water system of ...

Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the family of bacteria that includes E. coli, in Ballerina Farm's bottled raw dairy Hannah Neeleman/ Instagram Hannah and Daniel Neeleman of ...

Some antibiotics don’t actually kill bacteria — they just pause them But once treatment ends, those bacteria can bounce back and cause the infection to return Now, scientists at the University of ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at the University of Basel created a new test that tracks individual bacteria ...

As the nation experiences what many experts believe is the second-largest wave of COVID infections since the pandemic started, many Americans will be checking to make sure they don’t have the ...