“Strep or staph bacteria are common causes of skin infection like cellulitis,” said Siegel. “Bacteria can be found [on streets], like E. coli, shigella and enterococci, which are from fecal matter, ...

Bobby Henderson describes it as an "excruciating pain" from an infection following an injury while retrieving his jet ski on Lake Dora.

Longer hospital stays and weakened immune systems is driving the spread of a killer fungus that poses a serious threat to ...

Warmer weather means an uptick in ticks. If you, your child or pet get bitten, here's what you should and shouldn't do.

Project title: “Evolution of Polar Cell Wall Growth Across Bacterial Clades” What’s the idea?

Is your dog's scratching keeping you up at night?! Here are 20 all-natural, inexpensive remedies available to you, for your ...

Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, is a fungal lung infection that can cause symptoms like fatigue, cough, fever, shortness ...

U. of Oregon team uncovered a molecule produced by yeast on the skin that has potent antimicrobial properties against a ...

The yeast Malassezia helps protect the skin from bacterial infections, but only up to a certain point. Scientists at the ...

It's not quite as bad as The Last of Us. But progress has been achingly slow in developing new antifungal vaccines and drugs.

Skin and soft tissue infections involving S.aureus result in approximately 500,000 hospitalizations annually in the United States, and the bacterium is capable of becoming resistant to every class of ...

Antibiotics fight a bacterial infection. Antivirals treat viral infections. Antifungal creams, ointments, powders, or pills treat fungal infections. Any break in the skin can lead to a tetanus ...