Double-dipping might seem innocent. However, the science behind it reveals that there could be more harmful germs in your dip ...

PORTLAND (WGME) – The CDC says it’s seeing a big increase in a dangerous type of drug-resistant bacteria. It's called NDM-CRE. Between 2019 and 2023, cases jumped by 460 percent in the U.S. Infections ...

OGUNQUIT, Maine -- Many U.S. beaches will caution against swimming this Labor Day weekend because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. Beaches from Crystal River, Fla., to ...

NEW JERSEY -- A new report says a rare bacteria, known as flesh-eating bacteria, is on the rise in New Jersey. Doctors at Cooper University Hospital have treated five patients with the infection over ...

Between 2019 and 2023, NDM-CRE infections surged by more than 460% in the U.S., leaving hospitals racing to control the spread.

Government scientists say infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” have been increasing dramatically.

Two people have died and 22 were hospitalized after contracting Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, in Louisiana.

Handsoap is being recalled after the presence of a potentially deadly bacteria was discovered in some of the product, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is ...

More than a dozen Michigan beaches are under bacteria advisories — or are closed — as Michiganders head into the third week of August. In a state with more than 1,000 beaches, state officials say 29 ...