The sunny days are starting to outnumber the cool rainy days, and that means pool season is rapidly approaching. But before ...

Embedded in the body’s mucosal surfaces, proteins called lectins bind to sugars found on cell surfaces. A team led by MIT ...

Antimicrobial resistance to common bacteria is rising worldwide, eroding the effectiveness of last-line antibiotics against ...

And now you see the next few days of your life will be dominated by barf, saltine crackers, and the worry that everyone in ...

Urban environments shape microbial exposure through building design, occupancy, ventilation, moisture, and contact with green ...

Ticks start low and crawl up, Tick Encounter at the University of Rhode Island says.

Analysis of microbes in the gut can reveal whether a person faces an elevated risk of Parkinson's disease, before they have ...

Can a gut test predict Parkinson's? Research reveals a distinctive gut microbiome signature in at-risk individuals long ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

When combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors, bread coated in attenuated Listeria stimulated a gut immune response and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning about a drug-resistant strain of shigella, a bacteria that commonly causes a gastrointestinal illness called shigellosis, as the ...

This is a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.