A Baylor College study reveals that dairy consumption increases beneficial gut bacteria, while cheese reduces other key ...

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A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to boot out bacteria cells, with lab results demonstrating the material ...

As forecasters predict 90-degree days in the first week of June, some Massachusetts beaches are closed — here's where.

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Antibiotics are overused by some and out of reach for others - fuelling resistance and leaving deadly gaps in care.

THIS SPRING, the National Institutes of Health quietly began terminating programs at scores of colleges that prepared promising undergraduate and graduate ...

So is it time to add viruses to one's microbiome-feeding regimen of probiotics and prebiotics, synbiotics (which combine the ...

The Trump administration is going silent on food borne illness outbreaks, and that is putting consumers at risk.

The U.S. Virgin Islands has been awarded a small slice of $9.7 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday ...