Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as one of the foremost public health concerns of the 21st century. Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics has ...

The human gut microbiota, a dynamic ecosystem of trillions of microorganisms, plays a pivotal role in regulating host ...

Group B strep is a type of bacteria that many healthy people carry in their bodies: it naturally exists in the gut and lower ...

Spotted Fever Rickettsioses is the main danger of bacteria found in this new strain of Rickettsia. The UMass lab working on ...

Mass General's Dr. Ali Raja says the new strain can cause spotted fevers and that it has never been seen before. It's rare to ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the ...

Some things just go together in your belly: peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper, bacteria and bacteria-eating viruses.

Scientists have long known that bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, live in our gut, but exactly what they do has ...

Israeli scientists have identified a critical mechanism bacteria use to activate disease-causing genes, offering new ...

While red and processed meat have been linked to an increased risk of the disease, poultry had, until now, been considered a ...

This finding opens the door to broader research into how many different pathogens regulate their harmful activities.

Fermented foods have been an integral part of several cultures for centuries, providing not just distinct flavors but also ...