Small red painful bumps over the scalp at the base of the hair are not uncommon. This occurs in children and adults as well. It commonly occurs due to inflammation of hair follicles, due to infection.

La Nina, the natural cooling flip side of the better known and warmer El Nino climate phenomenon, has dwindled away after ...

A Vermont firm is recalling more than 1,700 pounds of butter as it may be contaminated with a type of bacteria found in fecal ...

A new Cedars-Sinai study demonstrates how gut bacteria can influence the development of blood vessel inflammation in ...

The reason Earth’s oceans may have looked different in the ancient past is to do with their chemistry and the evolution of ...

A study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe by Brazilian and American researchers suggests that a diet rich in soluble fiber can protect the intestine against pathogenic bacteria.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a notice this week warning people that nearly 1,000 bottles of the sauce may show ...

The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The Archaean period lasted 1.5 billion years. This is more than half of Earth’s ...

Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, a life-threatening allergy to red meat, has been linked to ticks in Maine and Washington state.

Bacteria used oxygen far earlier than expected, reshaping views on early life, evolution, and photosynthesis origins.