The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Background: Shiga toxin (Stx) is the main virulence factor of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, a food-borne pathogen that ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s. In the decades since, the bacterial disease was ...

In developing epithelia, cells become planar polarised through asymmetric localisation of the core planar polarity proteins to opposite cell membranes, where they form stable intercellular complexes.

More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows. This marks the second year in a row with higher than usual cases, according to ...

At an event on Monday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., linked peanut allergies in children to environmental toxins such as aluminum in vaccines and pesticides—and not to ...

A new pertussis booster and maternal vaccination option has received positive regulatory support in Europe, with the aim of strengthening whooping cough prevention for adolescents, adults, and ...

VacPertagen (BioNet) is a next generation pertussis vaccine designed to overcome the immunological shortcomings of current acellular formulations. The platform integrates two refined recombinant ...

WHITMAN COUNTY, Wash. -- Whitman County Public Health is reporting a new pertussis outbreak. According to WCPH, the department is investigating two linked whooping cough cases. The cases are ...

A rare cell in the lining of lungs is fundamental to the organwide response necessary to repair damage from toxins like those in wildfire smoke or respiratory viruses, Stanford Medicine researchers ...