In 2023, tuberculosis (TB) killed about 1.25 million people worldwide, more than any other infectious disease on Earth — even though it is curable. Months- or even years-long regimens of potent ...

It's unclear why colon cancer cases have doubled in people under 55 over the past two decades, a staggering rise that has ...

Have you ever wondered if there is a way to heal bones without having to take bone from another part of the body? A new ...

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

The U.S. has tallied 8,077 cases of whooping cough in 2025, compared with 3,847 cases in the same period last year, federal data shows.

Plastic is made from chemicals derived from fossil fuels, the burning of which drives the climate crisis by producing ...

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that kills more than a million people worldwide every year. The pathogen that causes the disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is deadly in part because of ...

Researchers have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage -- phage for short -- that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the phage that ...

A couple of times per day, just wipe down the faucets with a paper towel and soap. The dishwasher is another cleaning ...

Since nitrous oxide is emitted into the air when there is excess nitrogen in the ground, keeping plants growing year-round can limit emissions. Plants take up nitrate (NO₃) and ammonium (NH₄), meaning ...

Georgia U.S. Senators and the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper concern about the DOGE terminate the lease at water testing Center in ...