A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) flags a surge in “nightmare bacteria.” The label, ...

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...

Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

Over the holiday weekend, many people looking to cool off from the summer heat were disappointed as some beaches were closed or authorities advised against swimming because of unsafe levels of ...

A study by researchers from Wuhan University, York University (UK) and Peking University has uncovered how Escherichia coli (E. coli) persister bacteria survive antibiotics by protecting their genetic ...

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Six have died and 34 people have been infected by the virulent bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, which health officials say is “so prolific right now” Two more people have died of vibriosis, the infection ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Although Colorado is a landlocked state, people planning on traveling to coastal areas should be aware of a dangerous bacteria sometimes linked to raw seafood and open ...

Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just like he had ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Health officials in Martin County have confirmed the area's first case this year of a potentially deadly infection caused by a flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm brackish ...

For bacteria, microplastics are the perfect meetup spot—tiny, intimate surfaces where microbes can cling, huddle close and swap genes. And these crowded bacterial breeding grounds may pose a threat to ...