Surgeons with beards show lower MRSA colonisation rates, challenging assumptions about facial hair and infection risk.

Failing to wash your hands after using the bathroom can result in a range of viral and bacterial conditions, such as skin, ...

“Ghost pipe starts an absolute war,” one administrator of a foraging Facebook group told her. Community members argue over ...

Globally, more than 1.27 million people die of drug-resistant illnesses a year and that’s projected to increase to 10 million ...

Sniffle season has officially arrived. The tissues are out, the tea is brewing, and everywhere you go, someone is sneezing or coughing.As you're ...

Humans have depended on bees – both wild and managed ... In his lab at the University of Colorado, Sammy studies parasites and diseases that affect honey bees. (woman) ♪ There is no... ♪ (Dr. Ramsey) ...

Most bacteria that cause meningitis are carried in the human nose and throat. They spread from person to person by ...

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University Last week my research students and I were carefully searching a beaver pond for ...

Summary: New research highlights how parasitic infections can alter brain chemistry and behavior in humans. Toxoplasma gondii, among others, appears to manipulate dopamine and immune responses, ...

New research from the University of Pittsburgh reveals how the immune system defends against intestinal parasitic worms, or helminths, one of the most common infections worldwide in communities with ...

Neuroangiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease, is a serious parasitic disease humans can become infected with after consuming raw snails or slugs.

A research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has uncovered a new way in which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human ...